Diuris recurva D.L. Jones 1991

Another Plant flower

Inflorescence Photo courtesy of Ron Heberle and the Thelymitra Page of The Species Orchid Society of Western Australia

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Common Name The Bent Diuris - The Mini-Donkey Orchid

Flower Size 1/2" to .6" [1.2 to 1.6 cm]

Found in Western Australia at elevations of 50 to 250 meters among dense low shrubs in winter wet heath as a small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial orchid with 1 to 2, conduplicate leaves that blooms in the winter on an erect, 8 to 12" [20 to 30 cm] long, 1 to 6 flowered inflorescence.

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

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