Caladenia helvina (summer spider orchid)

A summer -flowering large spider orchid with creamy yellow, tawny or slightly greenish flower and purple-ish call on the labellum. The scape (stem) is up to 50 cm tall and covered in dense hairs. The site I am familiar with on the hills behind Margate seems to produce flowers early-mid December but apparently it flowers right through December into early January.

Found growing on a sunny, gravelly north-facing hillside in a fairly dry location.

One of my favorite orchids.