Diuris picta

Diuris picta J.Drumm.

Granite Bee Orchid

Diuris laxiflora (Bee Orchids)

James Drummond in Hook., Hooker's J.Bot.Kew Gard.Misc. 5:347 (1853)

York to Paynes Find and eastwards to Norseman, growing in seasonally wet sandy-clay soil around the bases of granite outcrops.

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An inland bee species 200–600 mm high with four to six smooth, terete leaves 100–150 mm long by 2–4 mm wide and up to eight yellow or creamy-white, brown marked flowers 20–30 mm across. Populations of creamy-white flowered plants can occasionally be found.

The species is related to Bee Orchid (Diuris laxiflora) and Common Bee Orchid (D. decrementum) but has larger flowers and a more inland range of distribution.

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