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

EARLY

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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