Comment: Donkey Orchid - help identify please

Thanks Barry, can you give me a species name?
Cheers,
Val

Val,

According to my book (Field Guide to the Orchids of Western Australia) it is listed as Diuris, the sp is "south coast".


Regards

Barry H

Thanks Barry, yes there are plenty of plants in that category.
Cheers,

Val.

Hi Pop,
Its not my photo but according to the post the photo was taken in the Stirling Ranges NP at the end of September. The "popped out" photo shows the date the photo was taken, the thumbnail photo shows the date it was posted on the site.

Cheers,

Val

Hi Val,

Yeah, maybe I should give my glasses a clean before posting. (insert embarresment icon)

Just had a better look through my copy of "Orchids of South-West Australia".
I would go with D. setacea common name "Bristly Donkey Orchid". Flowering period, September - November. Apparently the "Bristly" refers to the bristly appearance of the leaves.
Supposedly occurring in the SW of WA west of a line drawn from Geraldton in the north to around Israelite Bay east of Esperance so covering a pretty wide range of habitats, climatic conditions and soil types, all of which can affect the colouring and appearance to some degree.

Oh, most of that info is from the aforementioned book, not my memory banks....(;=)).

Cheers
Pop

Hi Val

I am a member of a Facebook Western Australian Orchid site, run by an enthusiast from the Stirling Ranges https://www.facebook.com/groups/517329235050125/. I am only new to Facebook, and this is a "closed group". You may get help from the site if you join, but it is more about admiring our finds than an identification source. However the regulars are very knowledgeable.

Thanks Motherhen, I had not seen that particular group - there are more FB groups than you can poke the proverbial stick at!
Cheers,
Val.

There certainly are Val. I joined the orchid one first, then one on WA wildflowers run by one of the people on the orchid site, although I have not really participated there. Others I have looked at only briefly, but FB is set up to sidetrack us all to easily and waste too much time.

Cheers

Mh

Hi Graeme,
The orchid in question was not posted by me so the only info about the plant is what is posted. However if you "pop out" or enlarge the photo the date shown is the date when the photo was taken - in this case 28/09/2014. (The date shown on the thumbnails is the date when the photo was posted onto the site). Sorry cant help more, but interested to hear your thoughts.

Cheers,

Val.