Plant and Flowers in situ Photography by G Brockman and I & M Greeve . Image used with the permission of the Western Australian Herbarium, Department of Environment and Conservation (http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/help/copyright). Accessed on Wednesday, 29 August 2012 © and The Flora Base Website

LATER EARLY

Common Name The Conspicuously Ciliate Diuris - The Spectacled Donkey Orchid

Flower Size 1.2 to 1.6" [3 to 4 cm]

Found in Western Australia as a small sized, cold growing terrestrial species found in coastal areas in headlands of limestone origin among shrubs at elevations of 5 to 50 meters with 1 to 3, conduplicate, straight, linear leaves that blooms in the later winter and early spring on an erect, 7.2 to 12" [18 to 30 cm] long, 1 to 6 flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Diuris punctata var. daltonii C.Walter 1907

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 photo fide

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