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

No dark swellings
labellum with tiny warts, flowers only about 2mm across Microtidium
   
labellum without tiny warts, flowers larger (up to ~4mm across) Hydrorchis
 
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