Drakaea thynniphila A.S.George 1984>
Back Side of Flower Photos by Colin & Mischa Rowan and her Retired Aussies Website
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Common Name The Wasp-Like Drakaea - In Australia The Thin Lipped Hammer Orchid
Flower Size 1 to 1.4" [2.5 to 3.5 cm]
Found in southwest Western Australia in open forests and coastal scrub often on white sandy flats near swamps at elevations of 10 to 200 meters as a small to medium sized, cold to cool growing terrestrial with a single, greyish green, hairless to sometimes hairy leaf that blooms in the late winter and early spring on an erect, 10 to 16" [25 to 40 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 41 pg 2565 - 2625 Brieger 2001 photo fide;
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