Thelymitra brevifolia
Short-leaf Sun Orchid at Aranda, ACT
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| Thelymitra brevifolia | MattM | 26 Oct 2021 | |
| Thelymitra pauciflora | lbradley | 23 Oct 2021 |
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7 comments
31 Oct 2021
How about Thelymitra nuda? T. Brevifolia is in the Aranda Bushlands “Our Patch” book and the book tends to be pretty accurate.
31 Oct 2021
Orchid taxonomy is ever-changing and many of the orchids in Our Patch (my copy is dated 2007) have been split into several other species or renamed. Thelymitra pauciflora has since been split into T peniculata, T brevifolia, and I suspect a few other things we don't have in our area. I believe T nuda has been split into T alpina, T megcalyptra and probably more. I guess in that regard Our Patch is still pretty accurate, it just hasn't kept up with orchid taxonomy...
Location information
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Aranda, ACT
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- Thelymitra brevifolia Scientific name
- Short-leaf Sun Orchid Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1454.78m Recorded at altitude
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