Diuris carinata Lindl. 1840

Another Color Form? Photo courtesy of Ron Heberle and the Thelymitra Page of The Species Orchid Society of Western Australia

Common Name The Keeled Diuris - The Tall Bee Orchid

Flower Size .8 to 1.2" [2 to 3 cm]

Found in Western Australia at elevations of sea level to 250 meters in low lying swamps and seepage areas often partially immersed, as a medium to large sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial orchid with 4 to 6 leaves that blooms in the spring on an eret, 20" to 32" [50 to 80 cm] long, 2 to 7 flowered inflorescence

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006