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LEOPARD ORCHID FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Leopard Orchid
Other Names
Burny Burny, Diuris maculosissima
Description
The Leopard Orchid is a terrestrial orchid species from south eastern Australia. It produces clusters of flowers with up to ten individual flowers about 3 cm in diameter in a cluster. The flowers are yellow with numerous reddish brown blotches on all the petals and sepals. The amount of reddish markings varies with some plants having almost all yellow lateral petals. Flowering is in spring from September to November. The plant develops two or three narrow grassy leaves that grow to about 30 cm in length and 5 mm wide. The plant produces tubers which spread and help the plant to spread into large colonies.
Habitat
grassy areas in eucalypt forest, woodland
Distribution
Diuris pardina is found in occurs in south eastern New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania,
Growth Characteristics
Height: 15cm - 40cm
Classification
| Class: | Liliopsida | | Order: | Asparagales | | Family: | Orchidaceae | | Genus: | Diuris | | Species: | pardina | | Common Name: | Leopard Orchid |
Relatives in same Genus
Diuris aurea
Diuris behrii
Diuris brevifolia
Diuris brumalis
Diuris corymbosa
Diuris drummondii
Diuris magnifica
Diuris nigromontana
Diuris praecox
Diuris punctata
Diuris sulphurea
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