Family: Orchidaceae
Plant: An epiphytic orchid with leaves up to 50cm long and often forming large clumps.
Flowers: Fragrant golden-green to mustard-yellow with up to 50 flowers in a pendulous raceme up to 30cm long.
Flowering: October-December.
Fruit: Capsule, 3-4cm long on pendulous stem. Green turning brown with age.
Leaves: Basal, tufted, strap-like, erect or arching leaves 10-60cm long and 1-2cm wide.
Habitat: In stumps, on logs and tree branches in both wet- and dry-sclerophyll forest.
Features: Strap-like leaves. Pendulous raceme of golden green to mustard-yellow flowers. Growing on trees or stumps.
Name:
Cymbidium From Greek = small-boat (referring to the small boat-shaped hollow found in the labellum of some species)
suave From Latin = sweet (referring to its fragrant flowers)
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Type |
Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Yellow, Green |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
6 |
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Flowering Month |
10, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Green, Brown |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Basal, Tufted |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear, Strap-like |
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Length |
Medium, Long, Very Long |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Wet sclerophyll forest, Dry sclerophyll forest |
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