Stuart Mill spider orchid grows in eucalypt forest with a heathy understorey. It is also known by the names spider orchid and cricket orchid. The dancing spider orchid grows in moist, shady forests. White beauty spider orchid grows on hills and slopes in forest, usually with sheoaks. The winter spider orchid is widespread between Lake King and Nerren Nerren station near Kalbarri. For his spider orchid ("Brassia caudata") with cutout. The rarest of these is the early spider orchid "Ophrys sphegodes". Spider orchid typically refers to the orchid genus "Caladenia" as a whole. The Frankston spider orchid occurs in heathy coast manna gum woodland, on the Mornington Peninsula.