Diuris brockmanii

Diuris brockmanii is a tuberous, perennial herb, usually growing to a height of with two or three linear leaves long and wide. There are up to four yellow and reddish-brown flowers, wide and wide on pedicels long. The flowers have erect, spreading, ear-like petals long, a dorsal sepal long and wide, and narrowly oblong lateral sepals long. The labellum is long and has three lobes, the lateral ones widely spreading, and the middle lobe broadly wedge–shaped, long and narrow at the base then flared. The callus is a single smooth, yellowish or reddish ridge long. Flowering occurs from late June to August. ==Taxonomy and naming==

Diuris brockmanii was first formally described in 2019 by David Jones and Christopher French in Australian Orchid Review from specimens collected by Garry Brockman west of Ravensthorpe in 2013. The specific epithet (brockmanii) honours the collector of the type specimens. ==Distribution and habitat==

South coast donkey orchid grows in coastal and near-coastal low shrubland, heath and mallee woodland between Esperance and Ongerup in the Coolgardie, Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia. ==Conservation==

Diuris brockmanii is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. ==References==