Thelymitra aristata

Great sun orchid
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Diurideae
Genus: Thelymitra
Species:
T. aristata
Binomial name
Thelymitra aristata
Synonyms
  • Thelymitra aristata Lindl. var. aristata
  • Thelymitra murdochae Nicholls orth. var.
  • Thelymitra murdochiae Nicholls
  • Thelymitra grandiflora auct. non Fitzg.: Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 347

Thelymitra aristata, commonly called great sun orchid, is a species of orchid that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has a single large, thick leaf and bracts and up to forty crowded blue or purplish flowers with darker veins.

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