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Lemon doubletail

Diuris abbreviata

Lemon doubletail
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Lemon doubletail is a tuberous terrestrial orchid native to eastern Australia, from south-east Queensland to New South Wales, with two or three grass-like leaves and up to nine pale yellow flowers with darker markings. It is a wild species rarely grown in gardens, and it is best left in its native habitat.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Part shade
Water
Water moderately during the growing season and keep nearly dry while dormant.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty, slightly acidic terrestrial orchid mix.
Temperature
10–25 °C; tolerates cool conditions but protect from hard frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SE. Queensland to New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Diuris abbreviata, commonly known as the lemon doubletail, is a species of orchid that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has two or three leaves and a flowering stem with up to nine yellow flowers with darker markings.

Where it grows

The lemon doubletail grows in forest and grassland on the ranges and tablelands of New South Wales north of Barrington Tops to south-east Queensland.

Other Diuris plants

Buttercup doubletail · White donkey orchid · Diuris amabilis · Giant donkey orchid · Tomaree donkey orchid · Golden Donkey Orchid · Little golden moths · Golden Cowslips · Diuris brachyscapa · Diuris bracteata · Short-leaved donkey orchid · Diuris brevis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Diuris abbreviata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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