Bailey (blotched sarcochilus) Vulnerable Queensland Grows in or near swamps Peak flowering period: Similar species: Spathoglottis plicata S. Blume and in grassy patches any time between July paulinae near streams and April but the main season is from September to April Taeniophyllum Vulnerable NSW, Epiphyte of rainforest and Peak flowering period: not Similar species: muelleri Lindl. ex Queensland, vine forest (open and specified Taeniophyllum Benth. (minute Norfolk Island closed) norfolkianum orchid) Taeniophyllum Vulnerable Norfolk Island Epiphytic orchid. Peak flowering period: Similar species: very norfolkianum Underside of branches of August to October similar to T. muelleri D.L.Jones, B.Gray the Norfolk Island pine in & M.A.Clem. shaded gullies and lower (minute slopes in closed forests Thelymitra Critically SA Manna gum (Eucalyptus Peak flowering period: Similar species: others cyanapicata Jeanes endangered viminalis), messmate October and early in the Thelymitra (blue top (Eucalyptus obliqua), open November pauciflora complex swampy woodland The flowers open only in warm, humid weather Thelymitra Endangered SA, Victoria Mesic coastal heathlands, Vegetative growth: leaves Similar species: T. grasslands, sedgelands can be seen as early as epipactoides grandiflora F.Muell. (metallic and woodlands, but is also April and continue to grow sun-orchid) found in drier inland throughout winter.
Bailey (blotched sarcochilus) Spathoglottis plicata Blume Vulnerable Queensland Grows in or near swamps and in grassy patches near streams Peak flowering period: any time between July and April but the main season is from September to April Similar species: S. paulinae Taeniophyllum muelleri Lindl. ex Benth. (minute orchid) Vulnerable NSW, Queensland, Norfolk Island Epiphyte of rainforest and vine forest (open and closed) Peak flowering period: not specified Similar species: Taeniophyllum norfolkianum Taeniophyllum norfolkianum D.L.Jones, B.Gray & M.A.Clem. (minute Vulnerable Norfolk Island Epiphytic orchid. Underside of branches of the Norfolk Island pine in shaded gullies and lower slopes in closed forests Peak flowering period: August to October Similar species: very similar to T. muelleri Thelymitra cyanapicata Jeanes (blue top Critically endangered SA Manna gum (Eucalyptus viminalis), messmate (Eucalyptus obliqua), open swampy woodland Peak flowering period: October and early November The flowers open only in warm, humid weather Similar species: others in the Thelymitra pauciflora complex Thelymitra epipactoides F.Muell. (metallic sun-orchid) Endangered SA, Victoria Mesic coastal heathlands, grasslands, sedgelands and woodlands, but is also found in drier inland Vegetative growth: leaves can be seen as early as April and continue to grow throughout winter. Similar species: T. grandiflora
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