- Thelymitra crinita
Taxobox
name = Blue Lady Orchid
image_width = 250px
image_caption = Flowering atJarrahdale, Western Australia
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo =Asparagales
familia =Orchidaceae
subfamilia =Orchidoideae
tribus = Diurideae
subtribus = Thelymitrinae
genus = "Thelymitra "
species = "T. crinita"
binomial = "Thelymitra crinita"
binomial_authority =Lindl. "Thelymitra crinita" (Blue Lady Orchid, Queen Orchid or Lily Orchid) is a species of
orchid which is endemic to the south-west ofWestern Australia .FloraBase|name="Thelymitra crinita" |id=1705 ] APNI | name ="Thelymitra crinita" | id =43253 ] It grows to 70 cm in height and produces blue flowers between September and November (spring) in its native range.The species was first formally described by botanist
John Lindley in 1839 in "A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony "References
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