Thelymitra luteocilium Fitzg 1882
Another View Of Flower Photo by Colin Rowan
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Common Name The Yellow Lashed Thelymitra - The Fringed Sun Orchid
Flower Size .6 to .8" [1.5 to 2 cm]
Found in South Australia and Victoria State of Australia as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with a singlefleshy, narrowly linear to broadly linear, channeled leaf that blooms in the late winter and spring in situ on an erect, 6 to 14" [15 to 35 cm] long, 2 to 6 flowered inflorescence with 2 sterile bracts.
Synonyms Macdonaldia ×macmillanii (F.Muell.) Szlach. 1995
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Australia Nicholls 1969 drawing fide; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 photo fide
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