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Scientific Name

Caladenia dilatata

Family Name

ORCHIDACEAE

Common Name

Green-comb Spider Orchid

Status

Height

0.2m - 0.35m (20-35cm)

Flowers

single 30mm across, yellowish-green with reddish stripes.

Fruit

Papery capsule

Form

Leaf lanceolate, base red purple, densely hairy.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Clarence; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Hobart; Huon Valley; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; West Tamar

Communities

Coastal Vegetation; Heath

Habitat Notes

Heathy open forest, coastal shrub, heathland, tea-tree scrub.

Site Tolerance

Dry; Exposed; Exposed

Frost Tolerance

Tender

Soil Tolerance

Clay; Loam; Sandy; Well-drained

General Notes

Widespread and locally common in eastern, north-west and Bass Straight Is of Tasmania and Victoria. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

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May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seed Treatment Method

Standard

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Orchid seeds are very minute yellow, brown or blackish dust-like particles. Orchid seeds are produced within a capsule that splits at maturity and releases tousands to millions of seeds. Dispersed by wind and water and only germinate following infection of the embryo by a suitable mycorrhizal fungus. Very few seeds become mature plants. For more information see Jones, Wapstra, Tonelli, Harris (1999): The Orchids of Tasmania.

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Cutting Notes