Thelymitra nervosa Colenso 1887 publ. 1888 Photo by © Michael Pratt and The New Zealand Native Orchids Website

Full sun Cold Spring EARLY Summer

Common Name The Nerved Thelymitra

Flower Size .65" [1.5 cm]

Found in New Zealand in lowland to subalpine forest margins, clay banks, and open areas amongst scrub at elevations of 500 to 1500 meters as a medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with a long, channeled, prominently keeled, single leaf that blooms in the spring through early summer on an erect, to 16" [40 cm] long, to 10 flowered inflorescence.

CAUTION I have no way of verifying this determination so please use with caution

Synonyms Thelymitra decora Cheeseman 1906

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Native Orchids of New Zealand, A Colour Field Guide Scanlen & St George 2010 as T decora photo fide; The Native Orchids of New Zealand, A Colour Field Guide Scanlen & St George 2010 photo fide

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