Diuris insignis

Diuris insignis D.L.Jones & C.J.French

Diuris sp. 'Muir Highway'

Dark Bee Orchid

Diuris laxiflora (Bee Orchids)

David Jones & Christopher French in Austral.Orchid Rev. 78(1):28 (2013)

Lake Muir to Collie, growing in sandy-clay and clay soils in seasonally wet flats, flowering best in the season following summer fire.

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A rare species 200–400 mm high with two to six smooth, terete leaves 60–150 mm long by 1–2 mm wide and up to five yellow and reddish-brown marked flowers 15–20 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related Bee Orchid (Diuris laxiflora) by its more darkly marked flowers and, although the flowering of the two species overlaps, generally later flowering period.

Not Listed