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Caladenia
Caladenia, commonly known as spider orchids, is a genus of 350 species of plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Spider orchids are terrestrial herbs with a single hairy leaf and a hairy stem. The labellum is fringed or toothed in most species and there are small projections called calli on the labellum. The flowers have adaptations to attract particular species of insects for pollination. The genus is divided into three groups on the basis of flower shape, broadly, spider orchids, zebra orchids and cowslip orchids, although other common names are often used. Although they occur in other countries, most are Australian and 136 species occur in Western Australia, making it the most species-rich orchid genus in that state.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Pink Lady Fingers
speciesCaladenia carnea
Cowslip Orchid
speciesCaladenia flava
eastern mantis orchid
speciesCaladenia tentaculata
Lady Fingers
speciesCaladenia catenata
Dusky Fingers
speciesCaladenia fuscata
Pink Fairies
speciesCaladenia latifolia
White Spider Orchid
speciesCaladenia longicauda
Musky Caps
speciesCaladenia moschata
Small Spider-orchid
speciesCaladenia parva
thick-lipped spider-orchid
speciesCaladenia cardiochila
pink fairy orchid
speciesCaladenia reptans
Green Column Caladenia
speciesCaladenia chlorostyla
Eastern Bronzehood Orchid
speciesCaladenia transitoria
Painted Fingers
speciesCaladenia picta
hooded caladenia
speciesCaladenia cucullata
fringed mantis orchid
speciesCaladenia falcata
Fine Haired Caladenia
speciesCaladenia capillata
Mountain Caps Orchid
speciesCaladenia lyallii
mountain caladenia
speciesCaladenia alpina
fairy orchid
speciesCaladenia alata
Carousel spider orchid
speciesCaladenia arenicola
Mantis Orchid
speciesCaladenia attingens
Narrow-lipped spider-orchid
speciesCaladenia leptochila
Pygmy Caladenia
speciesCaladenia pusilla
Large White Spider Orchid
speciesCaladenia venusta
Upright spider orchid
speciesCaladenia stricta
sugar orchid
speciesCaladenia saccharata
wine-lipped spider-orchid
speciesCaladenia oenochila
ornate pink fingers
speciesCaladenia ornata
Leaping Spider Orchid
speciesCaladenia macrostylis
Dancing Spider Orchid
speciesCaladenia discoidea
sugar candy orchid
speciesCaladenia hirta
Mallee Spider-orchid
speciesCaladenia verrucosa
plain-lip spider orchid
speciesCaladenia clavigera
Chameleon Spider Orchid
speciesCaladenia dimidia
Karri Spider Orchid
speciesCaladenia brownii
Dragon Orchid
speciesCaladenia barbarossa
Joseph's spider orchid
speciesCaladenia polychroma
clubbed spider orchid
speciesCaladenia longiclavata
Zebra Orchid
speciesCaladenia cairnsiana
common spider orchid
speciesCaladenia varians
King Spider Orchid
speciesCaladenia pectinata
veined spider orchid
speciesCaladenia reticulata
early caladenia
speciesCaladenia praecox
Ant Orchid
speciesCaladenia roei
Chapman's spider orchid
speciesCaladenia chapmanii
Black-tongue caladenia
speciesCaladenia congesta
Tawny spider orchid
speciesCaladenia fulva
Thin-clubbed mantis orchid
speciesCaladenia atrovespa
Blood spider orchid
speciesCaladenia filifera
Bow-lip spider orchid
speciesCaladenia toxochila
swamp spider orchid
speciesCaladenia paludosa
Esperance king spider orchid
speciesCaladenia decora
Plains Spider Orchid
speciesCaladenia campestris
Caladenia quadrifaria
speciesCaladenia quadrifaria
Slender Pink-fingers
speciesCaladenia vulgaris
white fingers
speciesCaladenia prolata
Dainty spider orchid
speciesCaladenia ampla
Purple-heart fingers
speciesCaladenia hillmanii
Star Spider-Orchid
speciesCaladenia saxatilis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 140838.