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Thelymitra alpicola
Also called Striped Alpine Sun Orchid
Alpine striped sun orchid is a small tuberous orchid from the subalpine and montane areas of eastern Australia, with one grass-like leaf and blue-purple flowers in summer. It needs cool, moist conditions and is rarely grown outside its native habitat.
Thelymitra alpicola, commonly called alpine striped sun orchid, is a species of orchid that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has a single erect, dark green grass-like leaf and up to six relatively large, deep purplish blue flowers with darker streaks. It grows in subalpine to montane habitats.
Alpine striped sun orchid grows moist places near swamps in subalpine and montane habitats in New South Wales south from the Blue Mountains and in north-eastern Victoria with a disjunct population in the Strzelecki Ranges.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thelymitra alpicola by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
