Diuris sp.
A Donkey Orchid at Bluetts Block (402, 403, 12, 11)
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| Diuris sp. | MattM | 3 Feb 2024 | |
| Diuris pardina | Tapirlord | 17 Sep 2023 | |
| Diuris sp. | BethanyDunne | 17 Sep 2023 |
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3 comments
4 Oct 2023
The blotching on this plant are quite subdued, and the dorsal sepal and labellum side-lobes are quite rounded. Because of that I doubt this true D. pardina. The other options are D. nigromontana, but that typically has less rounded labellum side-lobes, and D. semilunulata, but that typically flowers mid to late October. I wonder then if this plant is a really early flowering D. semilunulata or maybe a hybrid with D. semilunulata and one of the other two species as the other parent?
4 Oct 2023
Hi @MattM , you say Diuris semilunulata typically flowers mid to late October, but you have confirmed my recent sightings on Wanniassa Hill as D. semilunulata. Are these unusually early or should they be looked at again?
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- Diuris sp. Scientific name
- A Donkey Orchid Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1453.9m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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