Thelymitra cucullata Rupp 1946

Another Color Form Photo courtesy of Ron Heberle and the Thelymitra Page of The Species Orchid Society of Western Australia

Common Name The Cowl-Carrying Thelymitra - The Swamp Sun Orchid

Flower Size .5 to .75" [1.2 to 1.8 cm]

Found in Western Australia at elevations of sea level to 150 meters in low lying depressions and on the margins of winter-wet coastal swamps or on granite out crops as a terrestrial with a single leaf that blooms in the spring in nature on an erect, 8 to 18" [20 to 45 cm] long, 2 to 10 flowered inflorescence with 2 sterile bracts..

Synonyms Macdonaldia cucullata (Rupp) D.L.Szlachetko 1995

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006

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