Caladenia gardneri
species of plant
Caladenia gardneri, commonly known as the cherry spider orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has a single, hairy leaf and up to three pale pink, sweetly scented flowers with a dark pinkish-red labellum.
Description
Caladenia gardneri is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and a single erect, hairy leaf, 80–200 mm (3–8 in) long and 4–15 mm (0.2–0.6 in) wide. Up to three flowers 60–80 mm (2–3 in) long and 40–80 mm (2–3 in) wide are borne on a stalk 100–200 mm (4–8 in) high. The flowers are sweetly scented and white, flushed with pink while the lateral sepals have narrow, club-like, glandular tips. The lateral sepals and petals spread widely and have their ends curving downwards. The dorsal sepal is erect, 40–60 mm (1.6–2.4 in) long and about 3 mm (0.1 in) wide at the base. The lateral sepals are 40–75 mm (2–3 in) long and 3–6 mm (0.1–0.2 in) wide at the base and the petals are 30–55 mm (1–2 in) long and 2–4 mm (0.08–0.2 in) wide. The labellum is 17–25 mm (0.7–1 in) long and 7–10 mm (0.3–0.4 in) wide and dark pinkish-red. The sides of the labellum have spreading teeth up to 6 mm (0.2 in) long and the tip of the labellum is curved downwards.
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