Английская Википедия:Diuris picta

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Diuris picta, commonly called the granite bee orchid or granite donkey orchid, is a species of orchid which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has between three and five leaves at its base and up to eight creamy-white to yellow flowers with brownish purple markings. It grows on granite outcrops between Menzies and Lake King.

Description

Diuris picta is a tuberous, perennial herb with between three and five leaves at its base, each leaf Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. Up to eight creamy-white to yellow flowers with brownish purple markings, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide are borne on a flowering stem Шаблон:Convert tall. The dorsal sepal curves upwards, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. The lateral sepals are Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide and turned downwards. The petals are more or less erect or turned backwards, spread widely apart from each other, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide on a dark green stalk Шаблон:Convert long. The labellum is Шаблон:Convert long and has three lobes. The centre lobe is broadly egg-shaped, Шаблон:Convert long and wide and the side lobes are Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. There are two parallel callus ridges Шаблон:Convert long near the mid-line of the base of the labellum. Flowering occurs in September and October.

Taxonomy and naming

Diuris picta was first formally described in 1853 by James Drummond and the description was published in Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany. The specific epithet (picta) is a Latin word meaning "coloured" or "painted".

Distribution and habitat

The granite bee orchid grows between Menzies and Lake King in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Mallee and Yalgoo biogeographic regions.

Conservation

Diuris picta is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.