Thelymitra reflexa

Flowering stem erect, straight, 17–45 cm tall, 0.7–2 mm diam., purplish. Leaf linear to linear-lanceolate, attenuate, 10–25 cm long, 3–10 mm wide, fleshy, canaliculate, ribbed abaxially, sheathing at base, dark green with a purplish base. Inflorescence 2–6-flowered, open. Sterile bracts usually 2, occasionally 3. Perianth segments lanceolate to ovate, 5–10 mm long, purplish blue, reflexing strongly on hot days. Column 4–5.5 mm long, pink or purplish at base; mid-lobe expanded into a hood over the anther, tubular, not inflated, often somewhat compressed dorsally, curving forward gently through c. 90 deg., dark blackish green to brown throughout, apex usually deeply bilobed; lateral lobes converging or more or less parallel, 1–1.4 mm long, digitiform, porrect at base then curving gently upwards, each with a sub-terminal mop-like tuft of white (rarely pink) hairs embracing the apex of the mid-lobe. Anther inserted above centre of column, shortly beaked. Flowers Oct.–Nov.