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Eastern Wallflower orchid (Diuris orientis) On a fine straight stem about 30cm tall. Not sure if the white marks on the second one are damage.<br />
Found in a dry sclerophyll forest dominated by silver leafed stringybark eucalyptus. Baluk William Flora Reserve.<br />
Attracts native bees.  Australia,Diuris corymbosa,Geotagged,Spring Click/tap to enlarge

Eastern Wallflower orchid (Diuris orientis)

On a fine straight stem about 30cm tall. Not sure if the white marks on the second one are damage.
Found in a dry sclerophyll forest dominated by silver leafed stringybark eucalyptus. Baluk William Flora Reserve.
Attracts native bees.

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  1. According to some sources Diuris orientis and Diuris corymbosa are synonyms
    http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Diuris~orientis
    http://orchids.rnr.id.au/Diuris2/
    According to others they are separate species
    http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Diuris+orientis#tab_names
    http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:96222#tab_names
    Are they separate species and what is the difference between them?
    There are more photos here
    http://www.jungledragon.com/specie/2408/photos
    Posted 9 years ago
    1. Well, here's a description.
      Diuris corymbosa , syn. Diuris longifolia var. corymbosa, is a common species that grows in sand, granite and gravel in open forests, woodlands, and shrubland in winter wet areas of Western Australia. It has yellow flowers with reddish-brown markings and suffusions. This species is known as the Donkey orchid and is smaller than Diuris orientis from eastern Australia.
      http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Diuris
      Although it seems that this is only predominently, but not exclusively...
      http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Diuris+corymbosa
      http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Diuris+orientis
      http://anpsa.org.au/d-cor.html
      Posted 9 years ago, modified 9 years ago

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Uploaded Mar 26, 2016. Captured Oct 16, 2012 01:05 in 95-101 Courtneys Rd, Belgrave South VIC 3160, Australia.
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