Mendoza Province Mendoza Province The Province of Mendoza () is a province of Argentina, located in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo region. It borders to the north with San Juan, the south with La Pampa and Neuquén, the east with San Luis, and to the west with the republic of Chile; the international limit is marked by the Andes mountain range. Its capital city is the homonymous city of Mendoza. Covering an area of 148.827 km², it is the seventh biggest province of Argentina with 5.35% of the country's total area. The population for 2010 is 1,741,610
Caladenia formosa Caladenia formosa Caladenia formosa, commonly known as the large crimson spider orchid, or elegant spider orchid is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to Victoria and South Australia. It is a ground orchid with a single hairy leaf and a single crimson-coloured flower and which mainly occurs only in south-western Victoria. "Caladenia formosa" is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and a single, reddish-green, hairy leaf, long and wide. One, sometimes two, pale red to crimson flowers across are borne on a hairy spike tall. The sepals and petals taper to a long,