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Thelymitra hygrophila, commonly known as the blue star sun orchid, [2] is a species of orchid in the family Orchidaceae and is endemic to a small area of South Australia. It has a single erect, fleshy, channelled leaf and up to five pale blue to cornflower blue flowers which open on warm, humid days.
Cyanicula, commonly known as blue orchids, is a genus of twelve species of plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. All are endemic to Australia, eleven are endemic to Western Australia and one species occurs in eastern Australia. While both the common and scientific names refer to "blue", the two subspecies of C. ixioides have yellow or white ...
A blue orchid from the Andes region of South America, each of these rare plants grows 6 to 12 leaves and has flowers that can reach as large as 4 inches in diameter. Boella coelestis
Thelymitra holmesii, commonly called the blue star sun orchid, [2] is a species of orchid that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has a single long, narrow, fleshy leaf and up to nine purplish blue to mauve flowers with a deeply notched lobe on top of the anther .
Thelymitra crinita, commonly known as the blue lady orchid, queen orchid or lily orchid, [2] is a species of orchid which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has a single broad, oval leaf and up to fifteen brilliant blue flowers with a blue column with the lobe on top of the anther covered with short, finger-like calli .
Aganisia cyanea (formerly Acacallis cyanea) is a showy species of orchid native to Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and Brazil and widely cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental. [1] It is remarkable because some cultivars of this species produce blue flowers, the color blue being quite rare among the orchids.
Cyanicula caerulea, commonly known as the eastern tiny blue china orchid, [2] blue caladenia or blue fairy [3] is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It has a single narrow leaf and a single blue flower.
Pabstia jugosa, an orchid species from Brazil; Pescatoria coelestis, an orchid species from Latin America; Phalaenopsis violacea, an orchid species from Southeast Asia. Certain strains of the coerulea form have violet-blue flowers; Rhynchostylis coelestis, an orchid species from Indochina; Thelymitra, a genus containing truly blue orchids ...