Scientific Name: Thelymitra sparsa Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: wispy sun-orchid

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Orchidaceae

Form Description: A slender sun orchid with a solitary fleshy, channelled dark-green leaf, 60-250mm long.

Height (m): 0.1 – 0.25

Flowers: 1-6 readily opening blue flowers with darker blue spots. Column bluish white with two distinct bluish brown lobes, usually but not always tipped with yellow. Hair tufts sparse.

Municipality
Central HighlandsDerwent ValleyDorsetHuon Valley
Plant Communities
No data available for this species
Habitat Notes

Uncommon on sedgey open forest at higher altitudes.

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.