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Sources used for identification of wildflowers shown on these pages and regions where they occur see Credits

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.

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Caladenia longicauda subsp. calcigena Coastal White Spider Orchid (to right)

A traditional spider shaped orchid with touches of pink

Spring

Lancelin, Western Australia and found in the coastal strip near Perth

Caladenia longicauda subsp. redacta, (at right) Tangled Spider Orchid, White Spider Orchid (one of many)

A medium sized White Spider Orchid with long slender petals. Plants often produce two or more flowers per stem and stand up to sixty centimetres tall.

September

Boyup Brook (Dinninup), South West region, Western Australia and occurs from York in the Wheatbelt to Mount Barker in the Great Southern region, and South West recordings in the Shires of Boyup Brook and Bridgetown-Greenbushes.

Caladenia longicauda subsp. eminens, Stark White Spider orchid (to right and below)
A medium sized White Spider Orchid with long slender petals on a tall stem. These stand up to forty centimetres tall with some subspecies to sixty centimetres tall. Red calli and long red fringes on labellum

September October

Bridgetown and Boyup Brook (Mayanup and Tonebridge), South West region, Western Australia and occurs Shark Bay to Esperance, through the Wheatbelt, Great Southern, Mid West, South West, and into the Goldfields

Caladenia lobata, Butterfly Orchid

A colourful orchid with yellow petals with a red stripe down the petals. Red tipped labellum with long yellow side fringes which flutter in the breeze. Lower two petal partially fuses before splitting and turning upwards

October

Mayanup (Boyup Brook area), South West Region, Western Australia and found in a few scattered locations in parts of the lower Great Southern and lower South West regions

Hybrids with Caladenia lobata on the next page

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Caladenia longicauda hybrids and other Caladenia hybrids on the next page

Orchids often have small spiders waiting to make a meal of the pollinator insect. They can often be seen hiding in the labellum tip curl. Here there is an additional and lovely Diaea species spider on the petal.

Caladenia latifolia, Pink fairy orchid, Pink Sun orchid, Pink Lady orchid.

Pink, varying from pastel pink to a bright pink, five petals, lower petals more extended proportionally than Caladenia reptans. One or two flowers per stem. Often flowers a softer pink colour than the typical bright pink of Caladenia reptans. Can also be found in pure white. Coloured labellum tip is usually V shaped at the top. Petals longer and thinner than Caladenia reptans. Inner side of wings at top of column usually dark. Back of foliage is green, with leaf wider and more oval shaped than Caladenia reptans; latifolia meaning broad leafed.
Spring

This flower was found in the Bridgetown area which is outside of its recorded range, occurring mainly in the coastal strips of the Mid West, Coastal Wheatbelt, Perth, South West, Great Southern regions, and further along the south coast

There are a number of subspecies within Caladenia longicauda, Common White Spider Orchid.

Caladenia longicauda subsp. albella, Small-lipped White Spider Orchid

A large white Spider orchid, although one of the smaller of the Caladenia longicauda subspecies. Petals have green tip extensions. Calli and the long labellum fringes are a deep red, and fringes have a white tip, which is typical of the Caladenia longicauda subspecies. Green column cap. A hairy leaf.

August

Wongan Hills, which is further east of the range shown on Florabase, where it is shown occurring between Eneabba (Carnamah shire) and Gingin shire, and inland to Moora, favouring winter wet or swampy areas and creeklines.

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