Caladenia macrostylis

Leaping spider orchid
Caladenia macrostylis growing near Boyup Brook
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Diurideae
Genus: Caladenia
Species:
C. macrostylis
Binomial name
Caladenia macrostylis
Synonyms[1]

Caladenia macrostylis, commonly known as the leaping spider orchid,[2] is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has a single, hairy leaf and up to three distinctive pale greenish-yellow and red flowers with a cluster of deep purplish calli in the centre of its labellum.

Caladenia macrostylis habit
Caladenia macrostylis labellum detail
  1. ^ a b "Caladenia macrostylis". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  2. ^ Brown, Andrew; Dundas, Pat; Dixon, Kingsley; Hopper, Stephen (2008). Orchids of Western Australia. Crawley, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press. p. 159. ISBN 9780980296457.