Key to Tasmanian Dicots
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ORCHIDACEAE

 

Monocots
Terrestrial
Herb
Not saprophytes

Perianth petaloid

Ovaries superior

Bilateral symmetry

Orchids

Terrestrial

Single leaf

Flowers right way up
petals and sepals small (<5mm long), usually green or yellow green, flowers in elongate spikes
   
petals or sepals >5mm long (typically 10mm or more), colour and inflorescence various
 
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