
Diuris corymbosa Lindl. 1840 Photos courtesy of © Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz and their Website
Another Color Form Photo courtesy of Ron Heberle and the Thelymitra Page of The Species Orchid Society of Western Australia
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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 SW & E Australia at elevations of 50 to 400 meters in open areas of forests among shrubs as a medium sized, cool to 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;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 6 2006 photo; Australian Orchid Review Vol 71 No 1 2006 photo; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006
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