Diuris pulchella D.L. Jones 1991 Photos by © Colin Rowan and their Retired Aussies Website
Another Flower Photo by Ron Heberle and the Thelymitra Page of The Species Orchid Society of Western Australia
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Common Name The Beautiful Diuris - The Beautiful Donkey Orchid
Flower Size 1 to 1.2" [2.5 to 3 cm]
Found in Western Australia among shrubs and granite outcropings of coastal headlands at elevations of 5 to 150 meters as a medium sized, cold growing terrestrial orchid with 2 to 3, conduplicate leaves that blooms in the late winter and spring on an erect, 12 to 20" [30 to 50 cm] long, 1 to 5 flowered infloresccnece
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 photo fide
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