This native epiphyte
is commonly known as
grassy boat-lip orchid.
Cymbidium suave
is described as a "monocot"
in the
Orchidaceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
A small to largish clumping plant growing on trees. Pseudobulbs not present. Leaves numerous, flat, grass-like 15-25cm in length, drooping or spreading. Flowering racemes usually pendulous 10-30cm long with 5-20 21 /2 -3cm diameter greenish-orangey flowers, very similar to those of Cymbidium madidum. Flowering period October-November. Fairly common; Tandora; K'gari (Fraser Island); Teddington Weir; Bauple Mountain N/P. (Alan Logan). Listed as a special least concern species in Queensland (https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/plants/protected-plants/harvesting).
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 14 Fraser Coast localities: Craignish, K'gari, Booral, Burrum Heads, Tinnanbar, Talegalla Weir, Teddington, Tuan Forest, Mount Urah, Poona, St Mary, Tandora, Brooweena, Urangan.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
