Black hooded sun orchid (Thelymitra atronitida)
Description
The Black-hooded Sun Orchid is a terrestrial orchid, with a solitary basal grass-like or lance-like leaf, 15 to 35 cm long and 5 to 12 mm wide. The single flowering stem is 30 to 50 cm tall. Flowers are 2 to 8 (rarely to 16) in number, each 14 to 26 mm across, dark blue with darker veins. There is a tuft of white hairs in each flower's centre. There is a hooded lobe that is distinctly glossy black in colour with a yellow apex in the flower's centre too. The species is capable of self-pollination. This species flowers from August to December.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Tracheophyta
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Asparagales
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Family: Orchidaceae
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Genus: Thelymitra
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