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

Leaves & stems not hairy
leaves flat and less than 3 times as long as broad
   
leaves ridged or channelled, much longer than broad
 
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