Diuris pedunculata R.Br.

Small snake orchid (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Diuris

Characteristics

(Approximate measurements based on the type specimens and R.D. Fitzgerald’s drawings) Leaves 1 or 2, filiform, 50–200 × 1–2 mm, straight. Flower stem 60–150 mm, 1–3-flowered. Flowers suberect, c. 14–1   across, yellow with dark petal stalks and dark streaks on base of dorsal sepal and labellum lateral lobes. Dorsal sepal porrect at base then recurved or wholly obliquely erect, c. 7–8 × 3–4 mm. Lateral sepals obliquely deflexed below labellum, 10–15 × 2.5–3 mm. Petals spreading; stalk c. 4 mm long, dark; blade elliptical, yellow, c. 7–8 × 3–4 mm, apex pointed. Labellum c. 8–10 mm long; lateral lobes oblong, with dark streaks, c. 3 × 1.2 mm, apical margins irregularly toothed; midlobe ovate, c. 6–8 × 3–5 mm, flat. Callus ridges 2, 3–4 mm long, apparently papillate, a third central ridge extending well onto midlobe.
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Leaves 2, 50–150 × 1–2 mm, straight. Flower stem 60–150 mm, 1-or 2-flowered. Flowers nodding, 15–20 mm across, yellow with gold to orange labellum and dark streaks on dorsal sepal. Dorsal sepal erect or recurved, 7–10 × 5–6 mm. Lateral sepals obliquely deflexed below labellum, 15–20 × 2.5–3 mm. Petals drooping, partially overlapped by labellum; stalk 2–3 mm long, dark; blade narrowly elliptical, 9–14 × 4–4.5 mm, pointed. Labellum 14–16 mm long; lateral lobes triangular, 1–2 × c. 1 mm, entire; midlobe broadly ovate, 13–15 × 7–10 mm, flat. Callus ridges 2, 5–7 mm long, irregular.
An orchid.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Environment

Highly restricted and rarely seen; usually growing in small groups on seasonally moist to wet grassy slopes in sparse forest in rich, loamy basalt soil; also herb fields in moist peaty soil, margins of wet areas and among granite boulders in gravelly loam.
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Not recorded, but probably moist, grassy areas in open forest.
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Edible roots tubers
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Cultivation

It can be grown from seed.
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Images

Diuris pedunculata unspecified picture

Distribution

Diuris pedunculata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:630466-1
WFO ID wfo-0000945027
COL ID 36ZP8
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Diuris pallens Diuris pedunculata Diuris pedunculata var. gigantea