Sun Orchids 2 Less Common and Localised Species |
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Thelymitra aemula Waikumete - Auckland Photo: Allan Ducker Flowers October - December Found in scrubland from Rotorua northward. Flowers plain deep blue, often widely spaced. Column has a brown band below the yellow top. 
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Thelymitra brevifolia Endeavour Cove - Marlborough Photo: Ian St George Flowers October - November Flowers purplish, with the tips often pointed. Leaf wide and rather short, approximately a quarter to half the length of the flower stem.
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Pink Sun Orchid
Thelymitra carnea Rotorua District Photo: Michael Pratt Flowers September - November A dainty species found in scrubland. Flowers are a soft pink colour with a bright yellow topped column. Leaf narrow and almost cylindrical.
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Thelymitra concinna Mt Holdsworth - Tararua Range Photo: Ian St George Flowers November - December The pink-ciliated form of T. hatchii, distinguished by the pink cilia on the column arms. Flowers blue to mauve in colour.
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Hybrid Sun Orchid
Thelymitra x dentata Kaitoke - Upper Hutt Photo: Bob Watson Flowers November - January A natural sterile hybrid between T longifolia and T pulchella. Has up to ten blue, lavender or pink flowers that are striped dark blue.
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Thelymitra intermedia Hatfields Beach Photo: Eric Scanlen Flowers October - January A slender few flowered species. Flowers bluish to dusky pink and often barely opening. Back of the column forms one continuous curve.
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Dotted Sun Orchid
Thelymitra ixioides Wairarapa Photo: Ian St George Flowers October - December An uncommon species with dark blue spots on the petals and dorsal sepal. The thin cilia is brush-like and coloured white or mauve.
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Thelymitra tholiformis Albany Scenic Reserve Photo: Michael Pratt Flowers November - December Flowers blue to mauve, sometimes pale lavender pink with dark speckles. Top of the column is domed, bright yellow, and has a toothed margin.
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