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PURPLE DIURIS FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Purple Diuris
Other Names
Purple Donkey Orchid
Description
The Purple Diuris is a deciduous terrestrial orchid. It has between one and three green grassy leaves to about 25 cm in length and 4 mm wide. It produces clusters of between one and ten purple flowers on each stem. The individual flowers are about 5 cm in diameter and are purple with some darker purple markings. The greenish brown lateral sepals are long and narrow. Flowering is in spring from October to November. The plant dies back in summer and grows from a tuber in autumn.
Habitat
grassland, heathland, open woodland
Distribution
Diuris punctata is found in eastern Queensland, eastern New South Wales, Victoria and south east of South Australia
Growth Characteristics
Height: 50cm
Classification
| Class: | Liliopsida | | Order: | Asparagales | | Family: | Orchidaceae | | Genus: | Diuris | | Species: | punctata | | Common Name: | Purple Diuris |
Relatives in same Genus
Diuris aurea
Diuris behrii
Diuris brevifolia
Diuris brumalis
Diuris corymbosa
Diuris drummondii
Diuris magnifica
Diuris nigromontana
Diuris pardina
Diuris praecox
Diuris sulphurea
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