Thelymitra formosa Colenso

Sun orchid (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Thelymitra

Characteristics

Plant at fl. to 50 cm. tall. Lf to 2 cm. wide, channelled, thick and heavy, sheathing high up stem. Infl. to c. 12-fld. Per. c. 9–13 mm. long, blue, without stripes or spots. Sepals, petals and labellum similar, narrow-obovate. Column-arms flattened, ± channelled, with yellow fringes and cilia from margins, each arm projecting from inner face of side lobule, us. standing taller than anther; post-anther lobe not as tall as anther, erect, margins yellowish red and ± thickened into finger-like calli; side lobules taller than anther, pinkish or yellowish, fleshy, with subulate erect points on margins and similar or more elongate tubercles on surface.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Images

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Distribution

Thelymitra formosa world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:660041-1
WFO ID wfo-0000322987
COL ID 7C7Z5
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Thelymitra formosa