Английская Википедия:Diuris calcicola
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Diuris brevifolia is a species of orchid that is endemic to South Australia. It usually has one or two grass-like leaves and a flowering stem with up to five bright yellow and reddish-brown flowers with purple stalks.
Description
Diuris calcicola is a tuberous, terrestrial herb usually with one or two grass-like leaves Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Convert wide, often with a purplish base. Up to five bright yellow flowers with purple stalks and Шаблон:Cvt wide are borne on a flowering stem Шаблон:Cvt tall. The dorsal sepal is egg-shaped, glossy yellow with two brown blotches, Шаблон:Cvt long, Шаблон:Cvt wide, the lateral sepals green or purplish and linear, Шаблон:Cvt long, about Шаблон:Cvt wide and pendent. The petals are erect and glossy yellow on slender purplish stalks, Шаблон:Cvt long and about Шаблон:Cvt wide. The labellum is yellow and brown with three lobes, the middle lobe spatula-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide with side lobes about Шаблон:Cvt long, Шаблон:Cvt wide and yellow with a few irregular reddish-brown markings.[1]
Taxonomy and naming
Diuris calcicola was first formally described in 2015 by Robert John Bates in Australian Orchid Review from specimens he collected Шаблон:Cvt east of Kingston in 2013.[1][2] The specific epithet (calcicola) means "limestone favouring", referring to the preferred habitat of this species.[1]
Distribution and habitat
This donkey orchid usually grows on limestone plains and rises, in mallee woodland or shrubland, sometimes in grassy woodland mostly to the east of the Murray River in south-eastern South Australia.[1]
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