Diuris alba R.Br. 1810 Photos courtesy of © Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz and their Website

Common Name The White Diuris - In Australia - Double Tails

Flower Size 3" [7.5 cm] long

Found in New South Wales and Queensland Australia near the coast as a small sized, cold growing terrestrial with subterranean, ovoid tubers giving rise to 2 to 3, basal, grass-like, erect, acuminate leaves that blooms on an erect, 18" [45 cm] long, 2 to 15 flowered inflorescence carrying fragrant flowers

Synonyms Diuris punctata var. alba (R.Br.) Ewart & B.Rees 1913

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 7 1958 drawing; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 8 1958; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 just a mention that it is similar to D oporina

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