Summary ⁵

Thelymitra cyanea, commonly known as the swamp sun orchid, is a species of orchid which is native to New Zealand and south-east Australia in South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, and Tasmania. It is usually found growing in swamps, sphagnum bogs, and subalpine herbfields. It usually has blue and white flowers with dark stripes along its veins.

Habitat ⁶

Lowland to sub-alpine. Mainly montane in the North Island. Swamps and bogs, damp hollows within scrub.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Bill Higham, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/22691568@N04/8434837643/
2. (c) Tindo2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/tindo2/6535544411/
3. (c) Margaret Donald, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/13639096@N06/10813161713/
4. (c) Nuytsia@Tas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/nuytsia_pix/7853554032/
5. Adapted by tangatawhenua from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelymitra_cyanea
6. (c) tangatawhenua, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNaturalist NZ taxon page
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
• NZ native orchid key
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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