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Caladenia cruciformis

18-SEP-2025

Cranbourne Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Vic

lots of people don’t know we have so many - or any - native orchids in Aotearoa! we have around 120 species of native orchid in several different genera, and several undescribed species as well. these are a few of my favourite native species from the last year or so :)

from top left to bottom right: raupeka/easter orchid (Earina autumnalis), tutukiwi (Pterostylis sp), mountain caps orchid (Caladenia lyallii), silver-back spider orchid (Corybas macranthus), māikuku/white sun orchid (Thelymitra longifolia), green bird orchid (Chiloglottis cornuta), common onion orchid (Microtis unifolia), striped sun orchid (Thelymitra pulchella), and winika (Dendrobium cunninghamii)

:D

#Caladenia #of some sort #Spider orchid #Everyone else here is also looking for orchids. Love these things.#I always feel abysmal in the mornings so I was like maybe if I stayed up all night I will not feel terrible at 7 and will go and see the #orchids in the morning and its actually worked 😭 but also I think I am about to fall asleep on the trail

#3460 - Caladenia filifera - Blood Spider Orchid

A rather vivid spider orchid growing in some abundance in wandoo woodland in Julimar State Forest north of Perth, where I was helping with a BioBlitz in September.

First described in 1840 by John Lindley in A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony. The specific epithet means 'thread-bearer'

Endemic to the SW where it grows in well-drained soils in forest and scrubland. It previously was more widespread but its distribution has been reduced due to changes in fire regimes caused by humans - prescribed fires that are supposed to protect human-occupied areas are badly affecting species that need those fires to happen in summer, and not the result of carpet bombing the area with incendiary devices in wetter months. That sort of planning isn't much good for the animals that get caught inside the area either.

Julimar State Forest, WA

#caladenia #orchidaceae #australian wildflower #orchid #blood spider orchid #prescribed burn #julimar state forest

Black-tongue Caladenia Caladenia congesta

From photo taken at Baluk Willam. A ground orchid with a single, sparsely hairy leaf, and up to three bright pink flowers with the central part of the labellum completely covered with black calli.