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Scientific Name
Caladenia saggicola
Family Name
ORCHIDACEAE
Common Name
Sagg Spider Orchid
Status
Endangered
Height
Flowers
Flowers 1-2 white to cream with very pale reddish lines and dark grey to blackish petal and sepal tips, labellum white to cream, sometimes the mid-lobe maroon, calli reddish purple, column transluscent with reddish markings.
Fruit
Form
Leaf narrowly lanceolate, base purple blotched, densely hairy. Scape wiry, densely hairy.
Municipalities
Clarence
Communities
Dry Eucalypt Forest and Woodland; Grassy Vegetation
Habitat Notes
Tas. endemic. Grows abundantly between and in sagg tussocks (namesake). Sparse woodland with old Eucalyptus viminalis. treesand scattered shrubs.
Site Tolerance
Dry; Exposed; Exposed; Moist
Frost Tolerance
Moderate
Soil Tolerance
Loam; Sandy; Well-drained
General Notes
This type of woodland has been greatly reduced since european settlement. Most abundant where ground is regularly disturbed by horses and appears to overlap the area of greatest rabbit activity, while few or no plants are found elsewhere in the same habitat. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
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Sep
Oct
Nov
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Sowing Months
Jan
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Mar
Apr
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Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Cutting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
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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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