1 Purple Donkey Orchid at suppressed
Identification history
| Diuris punctata var. 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.
Apparently not very common locally.
CharlesDove
wrote:
24 May 2018
OK thanks the Yellow one is also with it they were about 20mtrs apart
NicholasdeJong
wrote:
26 May 2018
Agreed: Diuris punctata and Diuris sulphurea (yellow), Diuris aurea also known from this reserve.
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.
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 21 May 2018 12:00 AM Recorded on
- CharlesDove Recorded by
Species information
- Diuris punctata var. punctata Scientific name
- Purple Donkey Orchid Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Machine learning
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In flower
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Synonyms
Diuris punctata
