Diuris punctata

1 Purple Donkey Orchid at suppressed

Diuris punctata at suppressed - 21 May 2018
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Diuris punctata 24 May 2018 CharlesDove
Unidentified 24 May 2018 CharlesDove

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Diuris punkata, commonly known as donkey orchids, is a genus of more than sixty species of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae and is endemic to Australia apart from one species endemic to Timor

6 comments

plants wrote:
   24 May 2018
This is the Purple Donkey Orchid - Diuris punctata.
Apparently not very common locally.
CharlesDove wrote:
   24 May 2018
OK thanks the Yellow one is also with it they were about 20mtrs apart
   26 May 2018
Agreed: Diuris punctata and Diuris sulphurea (yellow), Diuris aurea also known from this reserve.
CharlesDove wrote:
   26 May 2018
will need to make some alterations for these
AaronClausen wrote:
   30 May 2018
Wow. In flower in May? Lucky you! The one in Canberra comes up in like October from memory.
CharlesDove wrote:
   30 May 2018
Sorry, I am doing a catch of sightings Aaron, it will take awhile. All the photos I record have the Name , Location and Date on the photo. Only recorded in May it was in October 2017 when this was Photographed a long way to go before I finish all the sightings updates for this area.

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