Ghost Spider Orchid
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Regional Species Conservation Assessments per IBRA subregion.
Least concern
Near threatened
Rare
Vulnerable
Endangered
Critically endangered
Extinct
Data deficient
Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
Marree
Mount Gambier
Oodnadatta
Renmark
Wudinna
Keith
Yunta
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Southern Yorke (EYB01) | Eyre Yorke Block | Endangered (IUCN: EN B1ab(iii)) (Probable Decline) [Four pops (Stansbury, Yorketown, Brentwood and Hardwick Bay). Grazing and weed invasion biggest threat. Over 2000 plants across the four pops. Quality of habitat in decline. ] |
Prior names
Caladenia sp. Brentwood (R.J.Bates 53510)
Arachnorchis intuta
Common names
Ghost Spider Orchid
Distribution and status
Herbarium region: Yorke Peninsula
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
Location | No. of seeds (weight grams) | Number of plants | Date collected | Collection number Collection location | Date stored | % Viability | Storage temperature | BGA | 80,000 (0.029 g) | 1 | 10-Oct-2012 | Erica Rees3 Yorke Peninsula | 1-Nov-2016 | 90% | -80°C |
| | | 18-Oct-2005 | J. Quarmby Yorke Peninsula | 1-Nov-2016 | N/C | -80°C |
| | 5 pods | 17-Oct-2005 | J. Quarmby Yorke Peninsula | 1-Nov-2016 | N/C | -80°C |
| | | 18-Oct-2005 | J. Quarmby Yorke Peninsula | 1-Nov-2016 | N/C | -80°C |
| | 5 pods | 18-Oct-2005 | J. Quarmby Yorke Peninsula | 1-Nov-2016 | N/C | -80°C |
BGA | 106,400 (0.038 g) | 7 | 24-Oct-2017 | T. Bridle Yorke Peninsula | 30-Jun-2018 | N/C | -18°C |
BGA | 280,000 (0.1 g) | 8 | 19-Sep-2018 | Brentwood Cemetery Yorke Peninsula | 24-Apr-2019 | N/C | -18°C |
Location: BGA — the seeds are stored at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, MSB — the seeds are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew, England.
Number of plants: This is the number of plants from which the seeds were collected.
Collection location: The Herbarium of South Australia's region name.
% Viability: Percentage of filled healthy seeds determined by a cut test or x-ray.