Pendant Spider Orchid
Caladenia pendens
Summary 3
Caladenia pendens has 2 subspecies. Caladenia pendens ssp. pendens is the only subspecies occurring in the Porongurup area, the other subspecies Caladenia pendens ssp. talbotii occurring from Watheroo to Beverley. It has long pendulous flowers and lateral sepals. C. pendens ssp are part of the Wispy SPider Orchid Complex. The other 2 are Caladenia polychroma (Joseph's Spider Orchid) and C. vulgate (Common Spider Orchid.
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- (c) Geoff Derrin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caladenia_pendens_talbotii_03.jpg
- (c) Loxley Fedec, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/1106611
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- World Flora Online
