Name: Arachnorchis Cardiochila Common Name: Heart-Lip Spider Orchid
    Synonym: Caladenia Cardiochila
       

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Photographed in an open forest at Anglesea and Western Victoria.

 

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Details (Vic):

Flowering:  Flowering August - November, mainly September to October

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

Position:  Scattered across southern Victorian coast and also in the far West.  Well drained soils in heathland, open forest and mallee scrubland.

Endemic, Secure

   
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