Thelymitra latifolia
Blue Star Sun Orchid at suppressed
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| Thelymitra latifolia | Csteele4 | 13 Jun 2025 | |
| Thelymitra latifolia | Csteele4 | 13 Jun 2025 | |
| Thelymitra brevifolia | MattM | 12 Nov 2023 | |
| Caladenia caerulea | CarbonAI | 8 Nov 2023 | |
| Thelymitra sp. (pauciflora complex) | Csteele4 | 8 Nov 2023 |
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Another weirdo plant. Single flower left. Very broad, prominently ribbed leaf, 15mm wide x 170mm long. Column arms gently curving, tufts messy.
4 comments
13 Jun 2025
@MattM I've changed the species on this and other sightings on the advice of Lachlan Copeland, who confirmed these are indeed Thelymitra latifolia, which had been my suspicion for some time after a Thely expert from Vic suggested it on iNat a few years back with strong evidence. There are almost definitely others around locally which are being misidentified.
13 Jun 2025
I'm pretty sure I'm misidentifying a lot of them. Is part of the distinction between latifolia and brevifolia to do with how deeply slit and red the post-anther lobe is?
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
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- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
- Yes In flower
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- Thelymitra latifolia Scientific name
- Blue Star Sun Orchid Common name
- Highly Sensitive
- Very rare / threatened
- Non-invasive or negligible
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In flower
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