Glossodia R.Br.

Waxlip Orchids

Waxlip Orchids

2 species endemic Aust.; Qld, NSW, Vic., Tas., S.A.Terrestrial herbs with small tubers. Leaf solitary, basal, oblong to lanceolate, prostrate or nearly so. Flowers 1–2, rarely more. Sepals and petals C. equal, all spreading. Labellum very much shorter, sessile, undivided, with entire margins, without calli on the lamina; two tall linear clavate calli (sometimes fused) at the base of the lamina standing erect against the column. Column hardly as long as the labellum, widely winged above. Anther erect, with 2 pollen sacs; the outer valves broad; the inner valves much smaller; the connective produced into a small point; pollinia 4, granular.