OuiSi Nature · Card 157
Striped Lazy Spider Orchid
Caladenia multiclavia
- Location
- Southwestern Australia
- Date
- October 1, 2017
Photograph byChristian ZieglerDescription
The flowers of this lazy spider orchid mimic a female wasp. A tuberous perennial 10 to 25 cm high, it is native to Western Australia, where it is recorded in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains and Mallee regions. It grows in clayey loam on the slopes of rivers and seasonal creeks, and its red-pink flowers appear from September to October.
Photo linkinstagram.com/p/BZs_O2dn-XM
The photographer
Christian Ziegler
Tropical biologist turned photojournalist for Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and NatGeo.
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