Thelymitra cucullata

Thelymitra cucullata Rupp

Macdonaldia cucullata

Swamp Sun Orchid

Thelymitra flexuosa (Dainty Sun Orchids)

Herman Rupp in Austral.Orchid Rev. 11:71 (1946)

Augusta to Wellstead with with disjunct populations at Canning Vale and east of Esperance, growing in seasonally wet flats and shallow soil pockets on granite outcrops.

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A distinctive species 200–400 mm high with a narrow, smooth leaf 100–180 mm long by 2.5–4 mm wide and up to 10 cream to greenish-cream, purple-blotched flowers 12–15 mm across.

It is distinguished from the other members of the Thelymitra flexuosa complex by its greenish-cream purple blotched flowers.

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