Diuris brachyscapa
Diuris brachyscapa, commonly known as western wheatbelt donkey orchid, is a species of orchid that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has two or three linear leaves and a flowering stem with up to four pale yellow flowers with brown markings.
Description
Diuris brachyscapa is a tuberous, perennial herb, usually growing to a height of with two or three linear leaves long and wide. There are up to four pale yellow flowers with brown markings, wide. The flowers have erect, ear-like petals long, an egg-shaped dorsal sepal long and wide, and narrowly oblong lateral sepals long. The labellum has three lobes, the lateral ones broad and spreading, and the middle lobe broad and flattened to convex with a yellow callus. Flowering occurs from late July to September.This donkey orchid is similar to but is shorter and has fewer and smaller flowers.