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Diuris tinctoria, the sandplain donkey orchid, is a tuberous Western Australian terrestrial orchid that grows in sandy soils over limestone in woodland and forest. It is a wild species rather than a commonly cultivated garden plant, and it needs its natural cool-season growth pattern and a sandy, well-drained site to thrive.
Diuris tinctoria, commonly known as sandplain donkey orchid, is a species of orchid that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has two or three linear to lance-shaped leaves and two to five pale yellow flowers suffused with light brown.
Sandplain donkey orchid grows in woodland and forest in sand over limestone, from Lake Clifton to Bunbury in the Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
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 tinctoria 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.
