Thelymitra nuda
Scented Sun Orchid at Carwoola, NSW
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| Thelymitra nuda | DerekC | 30 Oct 2023 | |
| Thelymitra sp. (pauciflora complex) | MeganDixon | 29 Oct 2023 |
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Suspected Thelymitra pauciflora. Tall. 40cm+. No markings
3 comments
18 Dec 2023
19 Dec 2023
I think my first thoughts had been the principle flower and what I could see of the leaves. I assume by pinched you are referring to what others call inflated post anther lob or in this case your suggesting not inflated? I think these post anther lobes are inflated but that is true for both these species as are the column arms converging and toothbrush shaped. One distinguishing feature of T. megcalyptra is petals not overlapping the sepals. In the major flower represented this not true but I now notice flowers lower down and opened longer do display this feature. The guide booking I am quoting that from though making that statement also its main photo does not support this either. I suspect like a number of these things what you are looking for evolves over several days, with us easily fooled. The leaf was the other issue, of the two plants one appears to have a reasonable narrow leaf unlike what I expect typical of T. megcalyptra. But the larger plant has a much broader leaf and if I am correct short. Both are quite green where T. megcalyptra can be quite orange-red and before flowering. The suggested small flower size of 30mm would be, if correct, much smaller than T. megcalyptra's 45mm across. I guess all I have done is repeat my . One thing these flowers do have a tendency to do is over open or the tepals get a bend towards the inner edge then bend backwards further open which is true of T. megcalyptra.
Location information
- Maps Cuumbeun Nature Reserve
- Places Carwoola, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
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- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
- Yes In flower
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Species information
- Thelymitra nuda Scientific name
- Scented Sun Orchid Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1110.19m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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