Common name: Tiger Orchid, Hornet Orchid
Diuris sulphurea R.Br. APNI* Synonyms: Diuris latifolia Rupp APNI*
Description: Terrestrial herb.
Leaves 1–3, linear, 20–50 cm long, 3–4 mm wide, conduplicate.
Raceme 30–60 cm high, 1–7-flowered. Flowers bright yellow with prominent dark markings on the labellum and dorsal sepal, 3–4 c. across. Dorsal sepal ovate, 8–20 mm long, 7–15 mm wide, obliquely erect. Lateral sepals linear to ± lanceolate, 10–25 mm long, 1–3 mm wide, deflexed, parallel or crossed. Petals divergent; lamina ovate, 5–18 mm long, 5–12 mm wide, apex obtuse or notched; claw 3–10 mm long, dark-coloured. Labellum 7–15 mm long; lateral lobes broad-cuneate, 3–6 mm long, 2.5–4.5 mm wide, margins entire or crenulate; callus of a single ridge 3–5 mm long.
Flowering: September–December
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in sclerophyll forest and heath; widespread.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, SWS, SWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. Tas. S.A.
Text by D. L. Jones
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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