Arachnorchis Cardiochila - Heart-Lip spider

 

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Photographed in an open forest at Anglesea.

 

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

Previously:  Arachnorchis Cardiochila

 
Spiders, spiders everywhere. There is always a spiders web on orchids that I photograph, often un-noticed until I look closely at the enlarged photo on the computer screen.

At least in this shot I found one prior to taking the photo!

   
   
   
 

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