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	Caladenia caerulea	8 Nov 2023	CarbonAI
	Thelymitra (genus)	8 Nov 2023	Csteele4

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Would normally call this T x truncata but absolutely no T ixioides in this patch. Not quite right for T simulata. Funky flower.

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Csteele4 wrote:

8 Nov 2023

@Tapirlord @MattM potentially Thelymitra sp aff decora? Not in drop down list.

Tapirlord wrote:

8 Nov 2023

It is well possible, but not one I know a lot about. The only treatment I can find that refers to it is David Jone's field of ACT orchids so perhaps the aff taxon is not widely accepted.

Csteele4 wrote:

8 Nov 2023

@Tapirlord it gets a page in Lachlan's book from last year, but that's the only place I've seen it so far. Seemed a possibility as I can't figure out what this guy could be hybridised from!

MattM wrote:

8 Nov 2023

Looks like simulata X alpina/megcalyptra.

Csteele4 wrote:

8 Nov 2023

@MattM I can definitely see where you would get that, but I've not found either species here!

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

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