Thelymitra pulcherrima

Thelymitra pulcherrima, commonly called the northern Queen of Sheba,[2] is a species of orchid in the family Orchidaceae and endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

It has a single erect, spiral, dark green leaf with a purplish base and up to seven glossy, variegated flowers with the sepals and petals differing in colour.

[2][3][4][5] Thelymitra pulcherrima was first formally described in 2009 by Jeff Jeanes from a specimen collected near Eneabba and the description was published in Muelleria.

[5] Thelymitra pulcherrima grows with shrubs in open areas between Lancelin and Dongara in the Geraldton Sandplains biogeographic region.

[2][3][4][8] Thelymitra pulcherrima is classified as "Priority Two" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife[8] meaning that it is poorly known and from only one or a few locations.