Thelymitra ixioides

Dotted Sun Orchid at Captains Flat, NSW

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Identification history

Thelymitra ixioides	16 Feb 2025	Tapirlord
Caladenia fuscata	25 Oct 2023	CarbonAI
Thelymitra ixioides	25 Oct 2023	Csteele4

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This pretty pink T ixioides comes up every year. Love the colour.

2 comments

Tapirlord wrote:

25 Oct 2023

T.purpurata perhaps?

Csteele4 wrote:

27 Oct 2023

@Tapirlord from memory, it has a slender, ixioides leaf, but I'll pop up there and check if I'm wrong. Derek Corrigan was out here last season and there was discussion of a few local plants being T purpurata.

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Location information

Places Captains Flat, NSW

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
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Additional information

23mm. Flower dimension
10cm to 30cm Plant height
True In flower

Species information

Thelymitra ixioides Scientific name
Dotted Sun Orchid Common name
Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
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In flower

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