Diuris semilunulata Messmer 1943 publ. 1944 Photo by © Colin Bower and His Flora Search Website

Common Name The Half Moon Diuris - The Late Leopard Orchid

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

Found in SE New South Wales and NE Victoria Australia on ridges and slopes in shallow stoney soils at elevationsof 200 to 1000 meters as a small to medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with 2 folded leaves that blooms in the spring on an erect, 8 to 14" [20 to 35 cm] long, 2 to 5 flowered inflorescence

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

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