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Lady Orchid Thelymitra crinita |
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The Thelymitra species, the
sun orchids, display their vivid flowers on warm and sunny days
and rarely open in cool and cloudy conditions. They lack a labellum
that other orchids exhibit, but in its place have a perfectly
formed third petal like their distant relative, the lilies. Grow to 70cm high. 4-15 bright flowers on a tall spike. FLOWERS: September-November. Later in wet forests. DISTRIBUTION: Jurien Bay to Albany. NEXT |
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Information from Common Wildflowers of the South-West Forests by Andrew Brown, Greg Keighery and Carolyn Thomson. Published by the Department of Conservation and Land Management. |
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