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Coonawarra Spider Orchid Full Plant       Habitat      Interest              
Caladenia haemantha  Hypochromic form

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Photographed in at Tallageira on 12 October 2017.

For years these were thought to be a hybrid swarm of unknown origin or even a sp aff venusta and they were only recently
confirmed as the Spider orchid, Caladenia haemantha.  This orchid was named in 1991 and was soon made a synonym of
Caladenia formosa.  (G Backhouse, Bush Beauties page  98)
It is a very variable coloured orchid.

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Full Plant		  

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Habitat		  
Grows in heathy woodlands in sandy soils.

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Interest
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Hypochromic		  
Hypochromic - the orchid has no pigment colouration.

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