Key to Tasmanian Dicots
Back

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

Lateral petals large

Labellum not white and mauve
flowers blue, apex of labellum with narrow densely clustered lumps Pheladenia
   
flowers pink, yellow, white or brownish, lumps near the base of the labellum Caladenia
 
University of Tasmania
report issues