Diuris orientis
ORCHIDACEAE
Donkey Orchid, Wallflower Orchid.
Small upright herb.
2 or 3 long narrow, grasslike leaves, 10 to 20cm long x 6 to 10 mm wide.
Beautiful flowers on tall stems 12 to 35 cm tall. Yellow suffused with browns and purples. 2.5 cm across Modified petals with 2 lateral drooping petals that cross each other at the bottom & a central tongue petal. Flowering Sept to Oct.
The fruit is a non fleshy capsule containing 30 to 500 seeds which mature in a matter of weeks.
Underground tuber becomes dormant in Summer when the upper growth shrivels.
Grows in moist soil, in shaded sites in woodlands.