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Slender sun orchid

Thelymitra pauciflora

Description:

These were closed buds when I arrived and they open when the sun appears. I think they should be called sleepy heads. The slender sun orchid is the stem on the left. The spotted sun orchid is on the right.

Habitat:

Nature reserve.

Notes:

http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/347...

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1 Comment

MartinL
MartinL 9 years ago

Thanks Ernst.
I leaned one stem over to shoot them side by side as the larger spotted one apparently does not necessarily have spots.

MartinL
Spotted by
MartinL

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Oct 21, 2014
Submitted on Oct 21, 2014

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