Name: Arachnorchis clavigera Common Name: Plain-lip Spider
    Synonym: Caladenia clavigera
       

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Photographed in the Anglesea Heathland, Grampians National Park and the Brisbane Ranges National Park.

 

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Details (Vic):

Flowering:  Flowering August - January, mainly September to November

Size: Up to 40cm tall,  flowers -  1 or 2 to 40mm across.  Loose colonies.

Endemic, Secure

 

Pollination in progress:

The Wasp flies in and is trapped for a short time.  It frees itself and flies off, landing on some bark on the ground; heavy with pollen.  Then flying off the complete the cycle.

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