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Caladenia actensis

16 Canberra Spider Orchid at suppressed

Caladenia actensis at suppressed - suppressed
Caladenia actensis at suppressed - suppressed
Caladenia actensis at suppressed - suppressed
Caladenia actensis at suppressed - suppressed
Caladenia actensis at suppressed - suppressed
Caladenia actensis at suppressed - suppressed
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Identification history

Caladenia actensis 18 May 2014 AaronClausen

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Significant sighting

MichaelBedingfield noted:

18 Sep 2023

Aaron Clausen's very first sighting of this endangered spider orchid, which inspired the creation of CNM & NatureMapr

13 comments

waltraud wrote:
   5 Sep 2021
This record comes up as a Hackett record however it is clearly within Mt Majura nature reserve.
MatthewFrawley wrote:
   4 Jul 2023
Is this the one that started it all?
AaronClausen wrote:
   4 Jul 2023
Yeah, the official record. One of the actual orchids I almost crushed with mountain bike tyre.
waltraud wrote:
   4 Jul 2023
What an amazing journey! I remember the first meet on the mountain with a rogue bike rider ... so I thought...
AaronClausen wrote:
   4 Jul 2023
You were pivotal in putting me in touch with the government @waltraud as the first person that responded to my messages:
https://naturemapr.org/home/story

Ever notice your user ID is #2 and mine is #1?
waltraud wrote:
   4 Jul 2023
No, I didn't know; I know that Mt Majura is Map1.
HelenCross wrote:
   18 Sep 2023
Such a great story!
KylieWaldon wrote:
   22 Sep 2023
wow. amazing story. and bizarre looking orchid.
AMR wrote:
   11 Jun 2025
This appears to show 18 May as the date of the record, perhaps it is the date it was uploaded or when the species was identified? A leaf usually emerges late winter with flowering mostly in Sept/Oct. ALA records (64 only) show all their records outside Sept/Oct are seed collections made in summer. Can a note be added to avoid misleading visitors?
MattM wrote:
   11 Jun 2025
@AMR if you scroll down to the bottom of the page there is a section called "Sighting Information" which has the record date as opposed to the upload date. It says this was recorded 18 September 2013.
AMR wrote:
   12 Jun 2025
Thanks Matt. You must have a more privileged view of the website than I have. The sighting date isn't visible to me for any records of this species, though I can see it for others, presumably an artefact of limiting data for endangered species. I'm trying to construct a table of first and last flowering records for each year for a report where I am recommending the survey window for a population. Aren't we glad that someone is mining the information so meticulously?
MattM wrote:
   13 Jun 2025
@AMR I wasn't aware that those details were suppressed for most users. As a moderator this information is made visible to me.
AaronClausen wrote:
   13 Jun 2025
Reported Date Time is deliberately suppressed to prevent the possible triangulation of sensitive records.

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