Diuris setacea R. Br. 1810 Photo courtesy of Ron Heberle and the Thelymitra Page of The Species Orchid Society of Western Australia

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Common Name The Bristley Diuris [referring to the thin spirally twisted leaves.]

Flower Size 1 to 1.2" [2.5 to 3 cm]

Found in Western Australia in low heathy scrub on granite outcrops at levations of sealevel to 300 meters as a small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial orchid with 6 to 10 tufted, spirally twisted leaves that blooms in the spring on an erect, 6 to 12" [125 to 30 cm] long, 2 to 7 flowered inflorecence

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

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