Diuris purdiei

Diuris purdiei Diels

Purdie's Donkey Orchid

Diuris laevis (Nanny Goat Orchids)

Fredrich Diels in J.Proc.Mueller Bot.Soc.Western Australia 11:79 (1903)

Perth to Harvey, growing in sandy and sandy-clay soils in seasonally wet flats, flowering only in the season following summer fire.

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A rare species 150–350 mm high with four to six smooth, terete leaves 50–100 mm long by 1–5 mm wide and up to eight yellow, brown marked flowers 20–35 mm across.

It is often confused with the closely related Nanny Goat Orchid (Diuris laevis) but has a smaller dorsal sepal, smaller labellum lateral lobes and a more northerly distribution.

Threatened (Endangered)