Thelymitra megacalyptra

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Seedlings of Thelymitra megacalyptra that were just deflasked and potted.

This took the person I sent the seeds to about 1.5 years to get back.

As freshly deflasked seedlings, this species is already quite large compared to the other Thelymitra species I have growing!

There is a spike on one of them, but I don’t believe the flower is formed correctly. It doesn’t seem to have a column. So for those wondering, this species reaches flowering size when the leaf becomes around 4.5” - 5” long.

Don’t know how many will make it, but I guess we’ll see…

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[Roberta]

The world needs more Thelys! Yay!

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

I agree! haha!

I received 2 flasks of these, so hopefully enough will make it for me to make available to a few people.

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I'm sending a few more seeds of other Thelymitra species for sowing soon.

Don't want to say too much right now because I don't know what will produce seedlings, but I'm very hopeful that some Thelys will be in the US hobby to stay!