Diuris eburnea

Diuris eburnea D.L.Jones

Diuris sp. aff. picta; Diuris sp. Three Springs; Diuris sp. Arrowsmith

Arrowsmith Bee Orchid

Diuris laxiflora (Bee Orchids)

David Jones in Austral.Orchid Res. 5:78 (2006)

Arrowsmith River, growing in sandy-clay and clay soil.

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A rare, geographically restricted species 200–500 mm high with four to six smooth, terete leaves 80–150 mm long by 1–2 mm wide and up to five creamy-ivory to pale yellow, red-marked flowers 18–20 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related and sometimes co-occurring Bee Orchid (Diuris laxiflora) by its cream rather than yellow flower colouration. From the similar Granite Bee Orchid (D. picta) which sometimes has cream flowers it is distinguished by its smaller flowers and more northerly distribution.

Priority One