Plants of the Castlemaine District.

Scented Sun Orchid - native (Thelymitra megcalyptra)

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Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family).

Native of Vic, SA and NSW.

Recognise:

the large blue flowers.

Common.

This is a showy orchid. It can be distinguished from the other blue-flowered Sun Orchids

the flowers are not spotted (as in Spotted Sun Orchid)
it does not grow to almost a metre high (as in Great Sun Orchid)
its flowers approach 3cm across (not half of this as in Slender Sun Orchid).

Photos: Smiths Reef.