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Thelymitra Ixioides
Terrestrial herb. Leaf linear to lanceolate, to 20 cm long and 10 mm wide, ribbed, dark green often reddish to base. Inflorescence to 60 cm high, 3–9-flowered. Perianth segments <22 mm long, c. 12 mm wide, blue and rounded to pinkish and elongated (sometimes with a very short claw); sepals sometimes different shade from petals but most plants with dark spots on petals and dorsal sepal. Column to 5 mm long, erect, bluish. Midlobe with a dense rows of long, variable, colourful calli; accessory lobes columnar, erect with papillose-toothed tips. Lateral arms obliquely erect, with terminal tufts of white, pink or mauve hairs.
Open forest.
Spotted on Sep 11, 2010
Submitted on Aug 4, 2013
1 Comment
Beautiful orchids! maybe you can add them to the Wild orchids mission?
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8564...