Scientific Name: Caladenia dilatata
Common Name: greencomb spider-orchid
Family Classification (Clade): Monocots
Family: Orchidaceae
Form Description: Leaf lanceolate, base red purple, densely hairy.
Height (m): 0.2 – 0.45
Flowers: 1-2 flowers, 30mm across, yellowish-green with reddish stripes. Labellum has unusually large side lobes with long green comb-like teeth.
Fruit: Papery capsule
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Habitat Notes
Heathy open forest, coastal shrub, heathland, teatree scrub.
Site Tolerance
Dry, Exposed
Soil Tolerance
Clay, Loam, Sandy, Well-drained
Frost Tolerance
Tender
General Notes
Widespread and locally common in east, north-west and Bass Strait Islands. The only green and red green-combed spider orchid found in Tasmania.
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Seed Information
Seed Treatment Notes
Orchid seeds are very minute yellow, brown or blackish dust-like particles. Orchid seeds are produced within a capsule that splits at maturity and releases thousands to millions of seeds. Dispersed by wind and water and only germinate following infection of the embryo by a suitable mycorrhizal fungus. Very few seeds become mature plants. For more information see Jones, Wapstra, Tonelli, Harris (1999): The Orchids of Tasmania.