Diuris pardina
Leopard Orchid, Burny Burny
Slender erect perennial herb spreading from daughter tubers to produce extensive colonies.
Additional information
- FamilyOrchidaceae
- StoreyLower storey
- Size14-40 cm high
- Plant groupingOrchids
- LeavesTuft of 1-3 erect grass-like, channelled leaves 10-26 cm x 5 mm.
- Flower colourYellow with red-brown blotches, brown lateral sepals
- Flowering timeAugust to November
- Flowers2-8 flowers to 30 mm across; rounded central sepal, tip recurved; narrow greenish-brown lateral sepals crossed under flower. Petals stalked, round, obliquely erect; lip 3 equal lobes, lateral lobes curved.
- Bird attractingNo
- Butterfly attractingNo
- Frog habitatNo
- Growing conditionsWell drained soil in woodlands and open forest. Semi shade.
- Garden useUse of orchids in gardens is not recommended, unless they already occur naturally, in which case they need to be protected. Removing orchids from the bush usually results in their death and further depletes remaining wild orchid populations.
- Commercially availableNever
- Conservation statusLocally common within its preferred growing conditions
- Aboriginal Use Food - tuber
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Photographer/s: 1 David Blair ©; 2 Richard Hartlands ©; 3 Peter Kinchington ©; 4 Neil Blair, © Royal Botanic Gardens Board
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