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Scientific Name
Caladenia patersonii
Family Name
ORCHIDACEAE
Common Name
Paterson's Spider Orchid
Status
Vulnerable
Height
0.25m - 0.35m (25-35cm)
Flowers
Flowers 1-2 commonly creamy white, less commonlt pale yellowish or pinkish, with darker red lines and reddish brown caudae, labellum wholly white to cream, sometimes the apex maroon, calli reddish, column transluscent with reddish markings.
Fruit
Papery capsule
Form
Leaf lanceolate, base red to purple blotched, densley hairy. Scape wiry, densely hairy.
Municipalities
Burnie; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kingborough; Sorell; Tasman
Communities
Coastal Vegetation
Habitat Notes
Low shrubby and sedgy heathland
Site Tolerance
Exposed; Exposed; Moist
Frost Tolerance
Tender
Soil Tolerance
Clay; Loam; Sandy; Well-drained
General Notes
Abundant flowering after fire, diminishing with shrubby regrowth. Resticted distribution due to habitat loss. Poorly represented in reserves. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
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Feb
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Apr
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Sowing Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Cutting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Seed Treatment Method
Standard
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Orchid seeds are very minute yellow, brown or blackish dust-like particles. Orchid seeds are produced within a capsule that splits at maturity and releases tousands to millions of seeds. Dispersed by wind and water and only germinate following infection of the embryo by a suitable mycorrhizal fungus. Very few seeds become mature plants. For more information see Jones, Wapstra, Tonelli, Harris (1999): The Orchids of Tasmania.
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Cutting Notes
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