Citation: Fitzg., Gdnrs' Chron. n.s. 17:462 (1882).

Synonymy: C. huegelii Reichb. f. var. reticulata (Fitzg.)J. Weber & Bates in J. Black Fl. S. Aust. 397 (1978). , Arachnorchis reticulata, Calonema reticulatum, Calonemorchis reticulata

Common name: Veined spider-orchid, veined caladenia.

Description:
Slender hairy stem 10-30 cm high, green to reddish; leaf sheathing at the base, with long fine hairs, linear or narrow-lanceolate, 4-11 cm long and 3-10 mm wide, channelled.

Flower 1, rarely 2, a pale yellowish-green and crimson, or at times wholly crimson; dorsal sepal erect, 20-30 mm long, incurved, expanded in the lower half, yellowish-green with a red central stripe and several purple veins, attenuated in the upper half into threadlike clavate dark-brown to red tips c. 10 mm long; lateral sepals similar and spreading, 25-35 mm long; petals lanceolate, shorter and narrower than the sepals, spreading, narrowing to a fine point without a glandular clavate tip; labellum on a movable claw, ovate to broadly lanceolate, c. 13 mm long, Undivided, red or yellowish-green with crimson markings, erect near the base; the margins with long subulate red-brown teeth, the down-curved portion finely toothed or entire, gradually narrowing to a purple point; calli in 4 rows, hardly extending beyond the bend, crimson, club-shaped at the base, distally gradually linear and sessile, not reaching the apex; column with 2 sessile yellow glands at the base, 9-11 mm high, retracted at the base, thereafter erect and incurved; moderately winged below with a wide membranous expansion on each side near the elliptical stigma; anther with a straight sharp point.

Published illustration: Fitzgerald (1885) Australian orchids vol. 2, pt 2.

Distribution:  Occurs singly or in small groups in clay or gravelly soils on forested slopes. S.Aust.: SL, KI.   Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Sept. — Nov.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: C. reticulata is common in the Mt Lofty Ranges (the type area) and quite constant in form. Collections from elsewhere in S.Aust. are rare and may belong to other, closely related taxa. (See C. aft. huegelii).

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