Diuris corymbosa Lindl. 1840 Photo courtesy of © Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz and their Website

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Common Name The Umbell-Like Diuris - The Common Donkey Orchid

Flower Size 1.2" to 1.4" [3 to 3.5 cm]

Found in southwest Western Australia at elevations of 50 to 400 meters in open areas of forests among shrubs as a medium sized, cold growing terrestrial orchid with 2 to 3, linear, erect or lax, conduplicate leaves that blooms in the late winter and spring on an erect, 6 to 16" [15 to 40 cm] long, 1 to 7 flowered inflorescence and 1 to 8 flowers.

Synonyms Diuris longifolia var. corymbosa (Lindl.) Domin 1912; Diuris porrifolia Lindl. 1840

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 6 2006 photo fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 71 No 1 2006 photo; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 photo good; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as D porrifolia photo good; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 photo fide;

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