Thelymitra rubra

Salmon sun orchid
Thelymitra rubra flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Diurideae
Genus:	Thelymitra
Species:	T. rubra
Binomial name
Thelymitra rubra Fitzg.[1]
Synonyms[1]
List Thelymitra carnea var. rubra (Fitzg.) J.Z.Weber & R.J.Bates Thelymitra elizabethae F.Muell. Thelymitra elizabethiae M.A.Clem. orth. var. Thelymitra rubra var. magnanthera Rupp Thelymitra rubra Fitzg. var. rubra Thelymitra urnalis Fitzg. Thelymitra winalis B.D.Jacks. orth. var. Thelymitra carnea auct. non R.Br.: Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922) Thelymitra carnea auct. non R.Br.: Ewart, A.J. (1931) Thelymitra luteocilium auct. non Fitzg.: Curtis, W.M. (1980)

Thelymitra rubra, commonly called the salmon sun orchid or pink sun orchid,^[2] is a species of orchid endemic to southeastern Australia. It has a single thin, grass-like leaf and up to five salmon pink flowers with broad, toothed arms on the sides of the column. It is similar to T. carnea but the flowers are larger and the column arms are a different shape.