16 Canberra Spider Orchid at suppressed
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.
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?
https://naturemapr.org/home/story
Ever notice your user ID is #2 and mine is #1?
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.
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- AaronClausen Recorded by
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Collections
My flagged sightings AaronClausen NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Significant Featured Pinned Caladenia actensis Weeds of National Significance ACT Most Wanted! Threatened Species Action Plan 2022-2032 Priority Species NSW Government Priority Species ACT threatened species ACT Priority Weeds Orchids Plants
Additional information
- True In flower
Species information
- Caladenia actensis Scientific name
- Canberra Spider Orchid Common name
- Highly Sensitive
- Critically endangered *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 788.33m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Arachnorchis actensis
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes