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TALL DONKEY ORCHID FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Tall Donkey Orchid
Description
The Tall Donkey Orchid is endemic to Western Australia. As its name indicates it is a fairly large Diuris species growing to about a metre in height. The flowers are yellow, with typical ear-shaped lateral petals. The labellum and dorsal sepal are mostly yellow with some darker markings near the centre of the flower. Three to eight flowers are produced in a cluster, with each individual flower about 3 cm across. Flowering is in late spring and early summer from October to January. The plant forms tubers and can grow in dense colonies. It responds to fire by increased flowering and increased spread of the colony.
Habitat
swamps, damp hollows
Distribution
Diuris drummondii is found only in Western Australia where it is found in the south west corner from about Perth to Albany.
Growth Characteristics
Height: 50cm - 105cm
Classification
| Class: | Liliopsida | | Order: | Asparagales | | Family: | Orchidaceae | | Genus: | Diuris | | Species: | drummondii | | Common Name: | Tall Donkey Orchid |
Relatives in same Genus
Diuris aurea
Diuris behrii
Diuris brevifolia
Diuris brumalis
Diuris corymbosa
Diuris magnifica
Diuris nigromontana
Diuris pardina
Diuris praecox
Diuris punctata
Diuris sulphurea
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