Caladenia Leptochila
''Caladenia leptochila'', commonly known s narrow-lipped spider-orchid or narrow-lipped caladenia, is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to South Australia. It is a ground orchid with a single slender, hairy leaf and one or two yellowish-green and reddish-brown flowers. Description ''Caladenia leptochila'' is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous herb with a single, densely hairy, narrowly lance-shaped leaf long. The plant is high with one or two yellowish-green and reddish-brown flowers with a dark red labellum. The dordal sepal is long and curved under, tapering to a fine, club-shaped point. The lateral sepals and petals are long with a central reddish-brown stripe. Taxonomy and naming ''Caladenia leptochila'' was first formally described in 1882 by Robert D. FitzGerald in '' The Gardeners' Chronicle'' from specimens collected on Mount Lofty. In 2008, Robyn Mary Barker and Robert John Bates transferred ''Arachnorchis lepto ...
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