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Caladenia longicauda is a species of plant in the White Spider Orchid complex of the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is distinguished by its large leaf and by its up to five large, white flowers which have drooping sepals and petals with long, thickish brown "tails". There is 3 subspecies of C. longicauda that may appear in the Porongurup area; C. longicauda ssp. longicauda (White Spider Orchid), C. longicauda ssp. eminens (Start White Spider Orchid) and C. longicauda ssp. redacta (Tangled White Spider Orchid).

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1. (c) Jean and Fred, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caladenia_longicauda_-_King_Spider_(2855351764).jpg
2. (c) User:JarrahTree, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bewmalling_reserve-7.JPG
3. (c) Russell Cumming, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caladenia_longicauda_eminens.jpg
4. (c) Ilena, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caladenia_longicauda_subsp._calcigena_-_Flickr_002.jpg
5. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/1107547

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

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