Английская Википедия:Cymbidium suave

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Cymbidium suave, commonly known as the snake orchid or grassy boat-lip orchid, is a plant in the orchid family and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an epiphytic orchid that forms long-lasting clumps of grass-like leaves. Up to fifty crowded olive green to dark or brownish green flowers are borne on an arching flowering stem. Of the three Australian species of Cymbidium, this is the only one that does not have prominent pseudobulbs. It is found in eastern Australia, usually growing in the hollows of old or fallen, decaying trees.

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Description

Cymbidium suave is an epiphytic herb that forms clumps of grass-like leaves but lacks prominent pseudobulbs. It has stems Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide covered with overlapping leaf bases. There are between four and eight strap-shaped leaves Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide on each stem. Between five and fifty strongly scented, olive green to dark or brownish green flowers Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide are borne on an often arching flowering stem Шаблон:Convert long. The sepals are Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide and the petals are Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. The labellum is Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide and faintly divided into three lobes. Flowering occurs between August and January.

Taxonomy and naming

Cymbidium suave was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown who published the description in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. The specific epithet (suave) is a Latin word meaning "sweet".

Distribution and habitat

The snake orchid grows in woodland and forest in the hollows of old trees or in fallen, decaying trees. It occurs between Cooktown in Queensland and Bega in New South Wales and as far inland as Tamworth.