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Diuris systena, known as New England golden moths, is a small terrestrial orchid from the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, grown mainly by native plant enthusiasts. It grows from a tuber and needs moist, cool conditions and a winter-wet, summer-dry rhythm.
Diuris systena, commonly known as New England golden moths, is a species of orchid that is endemic to the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. It has two or three grass-like, narrowly linear leaves and up to four lemon yellow and brownish-green flowers.
New England golden moths mostly grows around the edges of swamps and in soils derived from basalt near Ebor and from granite in the Cathedral Rock National Park on the Northern Tablelands of northern New South Wales.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Diuris systena 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.
