Caladenia parva
Brown-clubbed Spider Orchid at Burrinjuck, NSW
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| Caladenia parva | MattM | 28 Dec 2024 | |
| Caladenia atrovespa | Tapirlord | 13 Oct 2024 | |
| Caladenia atrovespa | CarbonAI | 13 Oct 2024 | |
| Caladenia tentaculata | SonyaDuus | 13 Oct 2024 |
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7 comments
13 Oct 2024
I see on ALA there are Caladenia tentaculata recorded nearby, rather than Caladenia atrovespa...
14 Oct 2024
Misapplication of the modern circumscription of C.tentaculata which is more or less excluded to Victoria. There are some NSW records but they are on the far-south coast near gippsland. We have C.atrovespa and C.parva regionally.
26 Dec 2024
Hard to judge flower size from photo, but wondering if this isn't C parva with those brownish sepal clubs?
27 Dec 2024
@TobiasHayashi don't they both have clubs, and aren't the club's more pronounced in C. parva?
28 Dec 2024
Yes. The clubs are moderately prominent and brownish on this plant, but may be one of those intermediate ones that are difficult to distinguish.
28 Dec 2024
I don't have a hugely strong view either way, this looked on the larger side to me so I went with atrovespa. Happy to call this C.parva
Location information
- Places Burrinjuck, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- SonyaDuus Recorded by
- Yes In flower
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Species information
- Caladenia parva Scientific name
- Brown-clubbed Spider Orchid Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1023.32m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Arachnorchis phaeoclavia Caladenia phaeoclavia
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Was the plant in flower?
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