Diuris sulphurea R. Brown 1810
Another Clone Photos by Colin Rowan and his Orchid Website
Another clone Photo by Ron Heberle and the Thelymitra Page of The Species Orchid Society of Western Australia
Common Name The Yellow Diuris - Donkey or Clown Orchid - Yellow Diuris - Hornet Orchid - Tiger Orchid
Flower Size 1 1/5" [3 cm]
Found in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia in wet forests and heathlands at elevations of sea level to 1000 meters as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial species with a slender to moderately stout stem with 1 to 2, closely sheathing, subulate stem bracts and carrying 1 to 3, linear, conduplicate leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, 8 to 20" [20 to 50 cm] long, 1 to 7 flowered inflorescence carrying fragrant flowers.
Synonyms Diuris latifolia Rupp 1951; Diuris oculata F.Muell. ex Lindl. 1854; Diuris sulphurea f. immaculata Gand. 1900; Diuris sulphurea f. tasmanica Gand. 1900
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 8 1958 photo fide; Orchids of Australia Nicholls 1969 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 39 No 10 1970; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 photo fide
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