Английская Википедия:Caladenia drummondii

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Caladenia drummondii, commonly known as the winter spider orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has a relatively small, hairy leaf at flowering and usually only one cream and deep purplish-red flower with downswept lateral sepals and petals.

Description

Caladenia drummondii has a single leaf, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide at first, but which enlarges after flowering to Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. The leaf is hairy, green on the upper surface and purplish beneath. The flower stem is Шаблон:Convert tall and usually bears a single flower Шаблон:Convert long and about Шаблон:Convert wide. The flower is white with darker lines and the sepals and petals have brownish glandular tips Шаблон:Convert long. The dorsal sepal is erect, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide at the base. The lateral sepals are Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide and spreading near the base but with the tips hanging down. The petals are Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide and also turn downwards with twisted ends. The labellum is dark purplish-red with short, blunt teeth on the edges and its tip curving downwards and there are four or more rows of dark red calli along its centre line. Flowering occurs from late April to June.[1][2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Caladenia drummondii was first described by George Bentham in 1873 in from a specimen collected by James Drummond near the Swan River. The description was published in Flora Australiensis.[4][5] The specific epithet (drummondii) honours the collector of the type specimen, James Drummond.[2]

Distribution and habitat

The winter spider orchid is widespread between Lake King and Nerren Nerren station near Kalbarri. It grows in mallee communities, Melaleuca thickets and York gum woodland in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Mallee, Yalgoo biogeographic regions.[1][2][3][6]

Conservation

Caladenia drummondii is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.[6]

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