Diuris conspicillata

Diuris conspicillata D.L.Jones

Spectacled Donkey Orchid

Diuris corymbosa (Donkey Orchids)

David Jones in Austral.Orchid Res. 2:54-55 (1991)

Esperance, growing in shallow soil pockets on coastal granite outcrops.

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A rare, geographically restricted species 150–350 mm high with two to three smooth leaves 100–200 mm long by 5–10 mm wide and up to six yellow and brown flowers 20–35 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related Common Orchid (Diuris corymbosa) by the prominent dark red-brown blotches at the base of the labellum lateral lobes and its more easterly distribution on coastal granite outcrops near Esperance.

Priority Two