Diuris micrantha D.L. Jones 1991 Photo by © Misha Rowan and their Retired Aussies Website

Another Flower Photo by © Ron Heberle

Common Name The Tiny Flowered Diuris - The Tiny Bee Orchid

Flower Size .4 to .5" [1 to 1.3 cm]

Found in Western Australia at elevations of sea level to 250 meters in among sedges and rushes in winter wet swamps and seepage areas often immersed in the water as a medium sized, cold growing terrestrial that blooms in the spring on an erect, 12 to 24" [30 to 60 cm] long, 1 to 6 flowered inflorescence.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Australia Vol 11 No 6 1999 photo; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 photo good

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