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Diuris bracteata

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Native range
E. New South Wales (Sydney Basin)
Climate
subtropical

About

Diuris bracteata is a species of orchid that is endemic to New South Wales. It has two folded leaves and up to eight yellow flowers with blackish marks. After its collection in a Sydney suburb in 1888, no further collections were made and the species was presumed extinct until 2004 when it was rediscovered near Gosford.

Where it grows

This orchid occurs in grassy woodland and forest near Gosford.

Other Diuris plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Diuris bracteata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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