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 large

Hairy leaves and stems

petals much shorter and narrower than the lateral sepals (which are ~12 long and ~4mm wide), Eriochilus
   
sepals and the two lateral petals of broadly similar size
 
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