Thelymitra tigrina

Thelymitra tigrina R.Br.

Tiger Orchid

Thelymitra 'other'

Robert Brown in Prodr. 315 (1810)

Perth to Augusta and eastwards to Wellstead with disjunct populations east of Esperance, growing in seasonally wet areas that are still moist during the species’ summer flowering period.

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A small, late flowering species 150–400 mm (rarely to 700 mm) high with a narrow, smooth leaf 100–150 mm long by 2.5–4 mm wide and up to 15 small, lemon-yellow, brown blotched flowers 9–11 mm across.

It is distinguished from the other yellow flowered Thelymitra species by its late flowering period, small brown blotched flowers and distinctive column with a short glandular mid lobe.

Not Listed