Great Sun Orchid (Thelymitra grandiflora) in the Adelaide Hills today
Posted Nov 5, 2022, 7:33 AM UTC
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Wow
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Lovely, do you have pictures of the base of plant with the foliage?
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Yes I do, but decided not to post. It's just a single stem that rises from a single, upright fleshy leaf
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Stunning!
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What an amazing color! That's beautiful.
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Spectacular
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Hell yes, these are incredible flowers. The genus produces so many beautiful colors.
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Gorgeous! What a lovely plant to come across
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I grew up by the railway in Bridgewater and spent every spring searching for terrestrials. Never saw one of these.
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My experience with T. grandiflora is that they are most prolific where it's slightly drier. I haven't found them in gullies myself, usually on Ridge lines. This one is from Wistow
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Always nice to see people posting wild orchids. Iām from the USA and have seen almost every species native to my state
Wild orchids are the best in my opinion, so much variation in shape, colour, size, variety