Diuris punctata

2 Purple Donkey Orchid at suppressed

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Identification history

Diuris punctata	24 Oct 2025	Tapirlord
Diuris dendrobioides	21 Oct 2025	Tapirlord
Diuris dendrobioides	20 Oct 2025	CarbonAI
Diuris punctata	20 Oct 2025	Harrisi

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Significant sighting

Tapirlord noted:

24 Oct 2025

Very nice find. Rare in the ACT

3 comments

MattM wrote:

22 Oct 2025

@Tapirlord are you sure this isn't D. punctata as Harrisi suggested? It has fairly uniform purple colouring and quite circular petals which I would have associated with punctata rather than dendrobioides.

TobiasHayashi wrote:

24 Oct 2025

Looks like D punctata to me too

Tapirlord wrote:

24 Oct 2025

Punctata it is then

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
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Additional information

10cm to 30cm Plant height
True In flower

Species information

Diuris punctata Scientific name
Purple Donkey Orchid Common name
Highly Sensitive
Rare or uncommon native
Non-invasive or negligible
In flower
Synonyms
Diuris punctata

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