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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.

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Caladenia footeana, Crimson Spider Orchid.
A small red Spider orchid with white at the start of the petals. A wide white labellum with dark red striping, tall dark red tipped calli and short dark fringes. Hairy stem and leaves.

September

Merredin (above left) and Dinninup (above right), and occurs in the Mid West, Wheatbelt, and Great Southern regions, and the inland South West with an occurrence recorded in the Esperance Goldfields region.

Caladenia harringtoniae, Pink Spider Orchid

A medium sized pink coloured spider orchid with a bright pink tip to labellum above right. The light on this flower has caused it to appear paler than its strong pink colour. The flower above left is a pale form, with pale pink petals and no coloured tip of labellum. Long slender leaf at right.

Spring

Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia, preferring winter wet areas and on margins of wetlands. It has been found near the coast from Augusta to Albany. and inland as far as Nannup and Bridgetown

Caladenia harringtoniae is declared rare flora, with the category of Threatened. Threatened flora is flora that has been declared to be likely to become extinct or is rare, or otherwise in need of special protection.

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Caladenia integra, Smooth-lipped Spider Orchid

A spider orchid with slender green or yellow petals striped with red. The yellow wide red tipped labellum has is smooth with side fringed. Red calli in the centre of the labellum do not extend to meet the red tip. A dark red curled tip to the labellum

October

Bridgetown, South West region, Western Australia and found in a number of areas of the southern Wheatbelt and the Great Southern regions. It is not recorded for the Bridgetown area.

Caladenia integra is classified as Priority 4 flora. This lower priority classification covers rare, near threatened and other species in need of monitoring.

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Caladenia hirta subsp. hirta, Candy orchid or Sugar Candy orchid

A mainly white orchid, sometimes pale pink, with petals held wide rather than drooping. Brown on petals tips and backs of petals, maroon or dark pink calli and short fringes on labellum. Stems can be tall. A single hairy leaf, and a hairy stem.

October

Mayanup (Boyup Brook shire), and found in near coastal areas between Jurien Bay and Albany, and inland areas from Moora to Quairading to Borden, in the Wheatbelt and Great Southern regions.

Caladenia hirta subsp. rosea, Pink Candy Orchid

A pink orchid, shades of pink vary, with petals held wide rather than drooping. Brown on petals tips and backs of petals, maroon or dark pink calli and short fringes on labellum. Smaller and short than Caladenia hirta subsp. hirta. A single leaf with short hairs, particularly around the edges, and a hairy stem.

August

Photographed at Merredin (at right), Bunjil Rock (Perenjori shire) and Wongan Hills (above left). Found in the Mid West, Wheatbelt, Great Southern, and Esperance Goldfields regions, with an outlier west of Manjimup (in Nannup shire) in the South West.

Caladenia incensum, Glistening Spider Orchid

This was named in 2001 after being recognised as a separate species within the previously known Caladenia vulgata. Note Caladenia vulgata was at this time split between Caladenia varians and Caladenia incensum.

A stark glistening white Spider orchid, with red markings on the labellum, white calli, and fringes with blunt ends. Column has a green pointed tip. Leaf is short and wide.

August

Westonia, and found through areas of the mid west and northern Wheatbelt, whereas Caladenia varians is found in similar areas as well as most of the southern Wheatbelt, South West, Great Southern and into the Goldfields, hence known as common spider orchid.

Caladenia incrassata, Puppet orchid, Puppet Clown orchid (Joker orchid around Perenjori)

This and similar orchids have lower petals like legs in striped pantaloons, and clubbing like feet. The labellum is wide and likened to a clowns collar. The upper petals are small and curved, like arms. The column completes the figure as the head. Leaf is long, and stem is relatively short on this small orchid.

August

Latham (Perenjori shire), and found in a small area of the state within the Menzies, Mount Marshall, Perenjori, Yalgoo, Yilgarn shires.

Caladenia doutchiae, Caladenia brevisura, Caladenia incrassata, and Caladenia roei are all similar clown shaped orchids, as are Caladenia cristata and Caladenia voigtii, both of which have taller and more prominent calli than the others in this group.