Scientific Name: Thelymitra flexuosa

Common Name: twisted sun-orchid

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Orchidaceae

Form Description: A yellowish, swamp-dwelling sun orchid with a wiry stem and a single narrow, often twisted leaf.

Height (m): 0.2 – 0.35

Flowers: Up to four prominently cupped, lemon-yellow flowers 12–15mm across. A cream column with small, knob-like lobes and a prominent yellow anther.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral CoastCircular HeadClarenceDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayHuon ValleyKing IslandKingboroughLatrobeLauncestonWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Coastal VegetationHeath
Habitat Notes

Locally common in coastal areas on poorly drained soils in heathland and open scrub in the north, east and south-east.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
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Seed Information

Seed Treatment Notes

Orchid seeds are very minute yellow, brown or blackish dust-like particles. Orchid seeds are produced within a capsule that splits at maturity and releases thousands to millions of seeds. Dispersed by wind and water and only germinate following infection of the embryo by a suitable mycorrhizal fungus. Very few seeds become mature plants. For more information see Jones, Wapstra, Tonelli, Harris (1999): The Orchids of Tasmania.