Anachnorchis tensa: Rigid Spider Orchid

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We were up in the area for only a day, so where else do you go but to the flora scantuary!  The Sunnies we had seen 2 years ago were few and far between, this seems to have been a bad year for orchids here,  We wondered what else would be out, little if anything, was our thoughts.  The we came across this orchid, it seemed different when I photographed it  - but why.  Well, it was a new one of course.

Photographed in the Little Desert.

Details (Vic):

Flowering:  Flowering September - November, mainly  October.

Size: Up to 30cm tall,  flowers -  usually 1or 2, to 50mm across

Position:  Few locations, mainly western Victoria, Little desert area.

Endemic, Endangered.

Previously:  Caladenia tensa

 

   

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