Thelymitra planicola Jeanes 2000 Photo by © Colin and Misha Rowan and their Retired Aussies Website
Common Name The Plains Living Thelymitra - In Australia The Glaucous Sun Orchid - The Shy Sun Orchid
Flower Size .6 to 1" [1.5 to 2.5 cm]
Found in eastern New South Wales and Victoria Australia in grasslands and grassy woodlands at elevations of sea level to 100 meters as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with a single leaf that blooms in the spring on an erect, 8.8 to 16" [22 to 45 cm] long, 2 to 12 flowered inflorescence with 2 to 4 sterile, the lowest large and leaf-like bracts
CAUTION I have no way of personally verifying this determination so please use with caution.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006
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