Elythranthera emarginata [Lindl]A.S. George 1963
Photo by Tony Watkinson and the Species Orchid Societyof Western Australia
Photo by Malcolm Thomas of Australia
Photo by Tony Watkinson
Common Name The Notched Elythranthera - The Pink Enamel Orchid
Flower Size 1.4 to 1.8" [3.5 to 4.5 cm]
This medium sized, terrestrial, cool growing tuberous orchid is found in SW West Australia in coastal and near coastal scrub at elevations of 5 to 350 meters with pubescent stems carrying linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, glandular pubescent leaves and 2 stem bracts and blooms on a terminal, erect, one to four flowered inflorescence that occurs in the late summer.
Synonyms Caladenia emarginata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1871; *Glossodia emarginata Lindl. 1840
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 photo good; Orchids of Australia Nicholls 1969 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 6 321 - 384 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1975; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 6 321 - 384 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1975 as Glossodia emarginata drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 56 #6 1987 Postage Stamp fide;Genera Orchidacearum Vol 2 Part One Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase and Rasmussen 2001 photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 41 pg 2565 - 2625 Brieger 2001 photo fide; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 photo fide; Orchid Digest vol 71 #4 Oct, Nov, Dec 2007 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 76 No 12 2007 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 80 #4 2011 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 77 #1 2013 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 80 #2 2016 photo fide;
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