Diuris septentrionalis

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

Diuris sp. 'northern'

Northern Bee Orchid

Diuris laxiflora (Bee Orchids)

David Jones & Christopher French in Austral.Orchid Rev. 78(1):24 (2013)

Port Gregory to Gingin, growing in sandy-clay and clay soils in seasonally wet areas.

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A northern species 200–400 mm high with two to four smooth, terete leaves 80–200 mm long by 1.8–2.2 mm wide and up to five pale yellow, brown marked flowers 12–16 mm across.

It often grows with the related Northampton Bee Orchid (Diuris segregata) and flowers at the same time but has a taller flower scape and larger, darker yellow flowers with a longer, more prominently convex labellum midlobe.

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