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Sighting 4401754

Thelymitra brevifolia

Short-leaf Sun Orchid at Aranda, ACT

Thelymitra brevifolia at Aranda, ACT - suppressed
Thelymitra brevifolia at Aranda, ACT - suppressed
Thelymitra brevifolia at Aranda, ACT - suppressed
Thelymitra brevifolia at Aranda, ACT - suppressed
Thelymitra brevifolia at Aranda, ACT - suppressed
Thelymitra brevifolia at Aranda, ACT - suppressed
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Thelymitra brevifolia 26 Oct 2021 MattM
Thelymitra pauciflora 23 Oct 2021 lbradley

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7 comments

MattM wrote:
   26 Oct 2021
The short, broad leaf and many flowers suggests T. brevifolia.
lbradley wrote:
   26 Oct 2021
Interesting. I'll discuss with my local orchid expert.
lbradley wrote:
   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.
lbradley wrote:
   31 Oct 2021
I meant T. brevifolia is not in Our Patch
lbradley wrote:
   31 Oct 2021
I’ll get more pics…
MattM wrote:
   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...
lbradley wrote:
   31 Oct 2021
Really interesting. Thank you

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