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

Part sun CoolWinter EARLYSpring

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

Flower Size .8 to 1.2" [2 to 3 cm]

Grows as a medium sized, terrestrial orchid in sand in SW West Australia at elevations of 5 to 350 meters with glandular pubescent aerial parts and oblong-oblanceolate, green leaves that are purple at the base and blooms in the late winter and early spring on an erect, 6 to 12" [15 to 30 cm] long, 1 to 3 flowered inflorescence carrying glossy enamel purple becoming pink flowers.

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

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Australian Orchid Review Vol 71 No 1 2006 photo; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006

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