Salmon Sun Orchid at Nangus, NSW
Identification history
| Thelymitra rubra | 14 May 2024 | TobiasHayashi | ||
| Thelymitra carnea | 21 Dec 2020 | MattM | ||
| Thelymitra carnea | 21 Dec 2020 | MattM | ||
| Thelymitra (genus) | 20 Dec 2020 | abread111 |
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User's notes
pink sun orchids in flower
4 comments
MattM
wrote:
21 Dec 2020
I am going with T. carnea for these ones, but T. rubra is a possibility. It’s a bit difficult to tell without a sense of scale.
TobiasHayashi
wrote:
14 May 2024
Yep, agree this it T. rubra. Flower looks reasonably large, it has a broad, deep orange column apex and column arms appear broad although hard to see the detail.
Location information
- Places Nangus, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- abread111 Recorded by
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abread111 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Thelymitra rubra Orchids Plants
Additional information
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
- True In flower
Species information
- Thelymitra rubra Scientific name
- Salmon Sun Orchid Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 686.8m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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