Scientific Name: Diuris orientis

Common Name: eastern wallflower orchid

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Orchidaceae

Form Description: A common donkey orchid with 1-3 erect, folded leaves 100-300mm long.

Height (m): 0.1 – 0.4

Flowers: 1-6 yellow flowers with pink, brown or purple suffusions, 30-50 mm across. Large oval petal with yellow external stripe. Lateral sepals narrow and flared at distal end.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral CoastCircular HeadDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayKentishKing IslandLatrobeLauncestonTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Dry Eucalypt ForestHeath
Habitat Notes

Widespread and locally common in a variety of habitats from the coast to lower alpine and sub-alpine areas. Often found in clumps.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Specialist Method

Seed Information

Seed Treatment Notes

Orchid seeds are very minute yellow, brown or blackish dust-like particles. Orchid seeds are produced within a capsule that splits at maturity and releases thousands to millions of seeds. Dispersed by wind and water and only germinate following infection of the embryo by a suitable mycorrhizal fungus. Very few seeds become mature plants. For more information see Jones, Wapstra, Tonelli, Harris (1999): The Orchids of Tasmania.