Spotted Donkey-orchid
Flower, above
Murray Mallee Region
Spotted Donkey-orchid
Flower, above/behind
 
                      
Spotted Donkey-orchid (Diuris pardina)Class: Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)
Order: Asparagus (Asparagales)
Family: Orchid (Orchidaceae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Spotted Donkey-orchid (Diuris pardina)
This Photo:     🔍Flower, anterior🔎
Other names: Leopard Orchid or Spotted Doubletail

Thank you Frank Whitlock for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere

Copyright © 2016-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 27-Sep-2016
This species is classed as LC (Least Concern) in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)