Spiculaea ciliata, commonly known as elbow orchid, is the only species in the flowering plant genus Spiculaea in the orchid family, Orchidaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is unusual in a number of respects, including that it grows in shallow soil on granite rock outcrops, grows and flowers in the hottest months of the year and has a unique method of using thynnid wasps as pollinators.