Diuris pauciflora

Diuris pauciflora R.Br.

Diuris emarginata var. pauciflora

Swamp Bee Orchid

Diuris laxiflora (Bee Orchids)

Robert Brown in Prodr. 316 (1810)

Margaret River to Condingup, growing in sandy-clay and clay soils in seasonally wet areas, flowering best in the season following summer fire.

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A late flowering species 200–350 mm high with two to four smooth, terete leaves 80–150 mm long by 1.5–2.5 mm wide and up to five small, yellow, brown marked flowers 15–20 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related Late Donkey Orchid (Diuris emarginata) by its shorter stature, fewer flowered inflorescence and smaller flowers.

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