Scientific Name: Cymbidium suave

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  • Pronunciation:
    sim-BID-ee-um SWAR-vay
  • Common Name:
    Grassy Boat-lip Orchid
  • Type:
    Orchid
  • Family:
    ORCHIDACEAE
  • Status:
    Common
  • Flowers:
    perfumed, pendulous spikes, winter to spring
  • Flowers Color:
    Green
  • Fruit Color:
    Green
  • Vegetation Type:
    Eucalypt forests, in tree crevices and hollows.
  • Species List:
    Bush food, Bush medicine, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Cooroibah26.4.09, Wooroi Palm Grove, Banana, Old Tewantin, Cranks Creek, NNS, Upper Yandina Creek, TAFE, BHNR, Wallace Park,
Cultural Notes

TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential:

Bush medicine: Relieves diarrhoea and dysentery - starchy stems chewed.

Bush food: Bulbs are edible containing starches, eaten raw or pounded into flour and cooked.

Identification Notes

Without swollen psuedobulbs in tree hollows and old stumps