Scented Sun Orchid
Thelymitra macrophylla
Summary 4
Thelymitra macrophylla, commonly called the large-leafed sun orchid or scented sun orchid, is a species of orchid in the family Orchidaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has a single thick, broad, leathery leaf and up to twenty five relatively large dark blue to purplish flowers with white, toothbrush-like tufts.There is 4 blue sun orchid species occurring around the Porongurup causing much confusion for identification. Thelymitra macrophylla flowers early and is the largest of them and easily distinguished by its large broad, longitudinally ridged leaf. Of the other 3, T. vulgaris has the smallest often cupped flowers (15-20mm Sept-Oct) and can be blue, mauve or white; T. graminea has dark blue, purple or mauve flowers 20-30mm Oct-Nov; and T. paludosa has sweetly fragrant flowers 20-40mm Nov-Jan that may be blue, pink or white.
Fontes e Créditos
- (c) Loxley Fedec, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Loxley Fedec
- (c) ron_n_beths pics, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/doc44/30132610586/
- (c) ron_n_beths pics, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/doc44/30091605454/
- (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/1107018
Mais informações
- BioDiversity4All taxon page
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- World Flora Online
