Thelymitra angustifolia R.Br. 1810 Photo by Mark Cyster and The Wikipedia Aussies Website

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Common Name The Narrow Leaved Thelymitra - The Long Leaved Sun Orchid

Flower Size .75 to 1.08" [1.8 to 2.7 cm]

Found in Queensland and New South Wales Australia in moist to wet grassy areas along rainforest margins and wet sclerophylla forests at elevations of sealevel to 800 meters as a cold growing terrestrial with a single, elongate leaf that blooms in the late fall through spring on an erect, provided with 3 sterile bracts, 8 to 24" [20 to 60 cm] long, 2 to 10 flowered inflorescence

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 photo fide

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