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Common Donkey Orchid

Diuris corymbosa

Also called Wallflower Orchid

Common Donkey Orchid
Photo: Gnangarra, CC BY 2.5 au

Diuris corymbosa is a tuberous perennial orchid native to south-west Western Australia, where it often forms large colonies in woodland and swamp margins. It is grown mainly as a native wildflower in its home region and is not a common garden or houseplant outside Australia.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep moist during its growing season in winter and spring, then let the soil dry out while the tubers are dormant in summer.
Soil
Moist, well-drained sandy or loamy soil with good organic content.
Temperature
10–25 °C; tolerates cool winters and frost in its native range, protect from prolonged hard frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SW. & SE. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Diuris corymbosa, commonly called common donkey orchid or wallflower orchid, is a species of orchid which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is similar to the purple pansy orchid (Diuris longifolia), but its flowers are yellow rather than purple or mauve, and it flowers earlier in the year. It also resembles the winter donkey orchid (Diuris brumalis) but flowers later than that species. It is one of the most common orchid species in the Perth area, often forming extensive colonies and usually having numerous flowers on the one spike.

Where it grows

The Common donkey orchid occurs between Dongara and Albany where it grows in woodland, often on the margins of swamps.

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 · Diuris bracteata · Short-leaved donkey orchid

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Diuris corymbosa 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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