Caladenia magniclavata

Caladenia magniclavata, commonly known as the big clubbed spider orchid is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has a single, hairy leaf and up to three pale yellow-green and red flowers with downswept, prominently clubbed sepals and petals.
Description.
"Caladenia magniclavata" is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and a single erect, hairy leaf, long and about wide. Up to three pale yellow-green and red flowers long and wide are borne on a stalk tall. The sepals and petals have thick, slightly flattened, club-like glandular tips long. The dorsal sepal is erect, is long and wide. The lateral sepals are long, wide and turn down below the horizontal. The petals are long and wide and arranged like the lateral sepals. The labellum is long, wide greenish yellow with a red tip. The tip of the labellum is curled under with teeth up to long, along the edges. There are four crowded rows of deep red calli up to long in the centre of the labellum. Flowering occurs from September to early November.
Taxonomy and naming.
"Caladenia magniclavata" was first described in 1947 by William Nicholls and the description was published in "The Victorian Naturalist". The specific epithet ("magniclavata") is derived from the Latin words "magnus" meaning "large" or "great" and "clava" meaning "club", referring to the large clubs on the sepals and petals.
Distribution and habitat.
The big clubbed spider orchid is found in the area between Perth and Albany in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest and Warren biogeographic regions where it grows in dense jarrah and karri forest.
Conservation.
"Caladenia magniclavata" is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.