Diuris aurea Sm.

Leaves 2, 100–250 × 4–8 mm, folded. Flower stem 300–600 mm, 2–5-flowered. Flowers 30–35 mm across, golden or orange, usually with dark brown markings on labellum and dorsal sepal, sometimes unmarked. Dorsal sepal erect or recurved, 10–15 × 10–14 mm. Lateral sepals deflexed, 20–25 × 3–5 mm, broadest near apex. Petals obliquely erect or recurved; stalk 5–8 mm long, brown; blade broadly ovate, 10–17 × 10–14 mm. Labellum 12–16 mm long; lateral lobes 4–6 × 2–4 mm, irregularly toothed; midlobe 9–13 × 8–13 mm, folded. Callus ridges 2, 6–7 mm long.

Widespread and common, often forming loose colonies. This orchid is prominent in coastal districts, especially following wet winters, but also extends to ranges and tablelands. In coastal areas it grows among low heath on windswept headlands, in shallow soil among shrubs on sandstone pavements, and in heathland and heathy forest in freely draining, sandy soil. Further inland it grows among grass and scattered shrubs in open forest and woodland in loam and clay loam.

Plants can be grown from seed. They can also be grown by division.