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Glossodia major R.Br.
Family Orchidaceae
Common name: Waxlip Orchid

Glossodia major R.Br. APNI*

Description: Very slender terrestrial herb, 12–32 cm high.

Leaf oblong or lanceolate, 4–15 cm long, hairy, drying with a vanilla-like perfume.

Flowers 1 or 2, rarely 3, purple or occasionally pure white, variable in size, but up to 6 c. in diam. Sepals and petals 15–30 mm long, lanceolate, pale underneath. Labellum ovate-lanceolate, contracted at the base, 8–11 mm long, straight; basal portion white and pubescent, dilated laterally into 2 bosses with a furrow between; anterior portion purple, glabrous; basal callus solitary, purple, with 2-lobed yellow head. Column incurved above; anther acute.


Flower
Photo W. Cherry

Flowering: August–October

Distribution and occurrence: Widespread and common in sclerophyll forest, woodland and coastal heath; from coastal sites, inland to Ardlethan district.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, SWS
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. Tas. S.A.
AVH map***

Text by P. Bernhardt
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)


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