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

Flowers small
labellum with 2 dark green swellings at the base, lateral sepals strongly curved in or out Microtis
   
labellum without dark green swellings, lateral sepals almost straight
 
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