Thelymitra spiralis (Lindl.) F. Muell. 1865
Another Color Form Photo courtesy of Ron Heberle and the Thelymitra Page of The Species Orchid Society of Western Australia 
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Common Name The Spiral Thelymitra - Curly Locks
Flower Size .8 to 2" [2 to 5 cm]
Found in Western Australia at elevations of sea level to 400 meters among sedges and rushes in winter wet depressions and swamps as a miniature to medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial orchid with a single, basaly reddish, spirally twisted, lobed leaf that encircles the flower stem like a corkscrew around a stick and blooms in the winter and spring on an erect, 4 to 18" [45 cm] long, 1 to 3 flowered, wiry inflorescence with short lived flowers
Synonyms *Macdonaldia spiralis Lindl. 1839
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen #6 21-24 tafel 7 Rudolph Schlechter 1971 drawing fide; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006
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