Dipodium ensifolium F.Muell.

Robust terrestrial, monopodial. Stem to 1.5 m long. Leaves strap-shaped, to 20 cm long, to 1.5 cm wide, channelled, ribbed, green. Inflorescences lateral, to 55 cm long. Flowers 2-20, to 4 cm wide, pink to mauve with deeper blotches; spring to summer. Sepals and petals obovate to oblong. Labellum side lobes linear, small, midlobe ovate to obovate.

Qld.

Source: Jeanes, J. (2005). Orchidaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Lilianae
order      Asparagales
family       Orchidaceae
genus        Dipodium R.Br.