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Thelymitra carnea
Also called Pink Sun Orchid
Tiny sun orchid is a small, tuberous, perennial terrestrial orchid native to south-east Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand, with up to four pink flowers on a wiry stem. It is a wild species, rarely grown in gardens, and needs moist, open, sunny conditions.
Thelymitra carnea, commonly called tiny sun orchid or pinkish sun orchid, is a species of orchid that is native to Australia and New Zealand. It has narrow, almost cylindrical leaves and up to four relatively small pale to deep pink flowers on a wiry, zig-zag stem.
Tiny sun orchid is widespread and common, usually growing in moist places with low shrubs, grasses and sedges but sometimes in drier habitats in open forest. It is found on the coast and tablelands of New South Wales, in all but the north-west of Victoria, in south-eastern Queensland, in Tasmania and on both the North and South Islands of New Zealand.
Abrupt Sun Orchid · Wyong sun orchid · Gumland sun orchid · Bleak sun orchid · White sun orchid · Kath's sun orchid · Alpins striped sun orchid · Mountain sun orchid · Long-leaved sun orchid · Rabbit-eared sun orchid · Cleopatra's needles · Forest sun orchid
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thelymitra carnea 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.
