Journal Number 90
March 2004

EDITORIAL

Throwback Thelymitra hatchii Column
By Ian St George

I illustrated a T. longifolia column with three cilia-bearing column arms some time ago, and recently found a similar deformed column on T. hatchii in the Tararuas. It had six cilia-bearing arms and two bare appendages, with a well-formed stigma inside the sack-like column, but no pollinia.

Deformed columns of Thelymitra hatchii:
left from back, right from front, and incised at the front midline and opened out.