Elythranthera brunonis [Endl] A. S. George1963

En situ in Australia Photo courtesy of Ron Heberle and the Thelymitra Page of The Species Orchid Society of Western Australia

Common Name Robert Brown's Elythranthera [Scottish Orchid Collector and Botanist in SE Asia 1800's]

Grows as a medium sized, terrestrial orchid in sand in SW West Australia with glandular pubescent aerial parts and oblong-oblanceolate, ge=reen leaves that are purple at the base and blooms in the late summer and mid winter with 1 to 3 flowers on an erect scape.

Synonyms Caladenia brunonis [Endl]Rchb.f 1871; *Glossodia brunonis Endl.1839