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These pages will
feature some of the wildflowers we have photographed in Western Australia, and where possible, identified. If you
are able to help identify further flowers, or correct any I may have wrong, please contact us.
Information given for each species
will give botanical name, known common names, describe the flower, give time of year it flowered, and where it was photographed, and
the areas it occurs in. Names have been matched to Florabase which has also been used to show distribution.
See some
of these wildflower in larger sized photos on our Flickr pages.
Caladenia hybrids
Caladenia ×exserta (at right and below), Protruding Spider Orchid
A hybrid between a white spider orchid such as Caladenia longicauda and Caladenia uliginosa subspecies uliginosa which is found in parts the South West and some adjoining parts of the Wheatbelt and Great
Southern regions.
Size of flower and height, and leaf were similar to Caladenia longicauda. The labellum tip is
point in this specimen, as it was freshly opened and the tip had not curled down.
September October
Boyup Brook (Mayanup)
and Bridgetown, South West region, Western Australia
The pink tinges are likely to be from a Caladenia longicauda cross with an unknown species (at right). Pink tinged hybrids can
be from a Caladenia hirta subspecies rosea (Pink Candy Orchid) but this is not known to occur in the Boyup Brook or Bridgetown areas.
Size of flower and height, and leaf were similar to the nearby Caladenia longicauda
September
Boyup Brook (Mayanup),
South West region, Western Australia
These tall Caladenia longicauda also show pink tinges indication hybridisation.
September
Bridgetown, South West region, Western Australia
There is also pink streaking on the petals, like its neighbouring white spider orchid which is depicted on this page. Seen at the
angle in photo above left, the distinctive labellum shape of Caladenia uliginosa shows.
Caladenia longicauda or similar white spider orchid and Caladenia uliginosa subspecies uliginosa.
This hybrid (at right)
has faint yellow lines down the petals, unlike some of the above hybrids which have pink streaking.
October
Tonebridge (Boyup
Brook), South West region, Western Australia
The hybrid at right may be a cross between Caladenia longicauda or similar white spider orchid and Caladenia uliginosa subsp
uliginosa or possibly Caladenia pectinata, both of which occur in the vicinity.
October
Bridgetown, South West region, Western Australia
Hybrids between Caladenia lobata and unknown species, possibly Caladenia falcata or Caladenia attingens, both of which are recorded
for the area.
October
Boyup Brook (Mayanup), South West region, Western Australia
Caladenia ×hypata is Caladenia lobata with a
white spider orchid
Caladenia longicauda or similar white spider orchid and Caladenia uliginosa subspecies uliginosa.
Greenish yellow petals
indicate Caladenia uliginosa as a parent
October
Tonebridge (Boyup Brook), South West region, Western Australia