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{{Short description|Species of orchid}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2024}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Snake orchid
| image = Cymbidium suave Orchi 2012-09-21 137.jpg
| image_caption = ''Cymbidium suave'' flower
| genus = Cymbidium
| species = suave
| authority = [[R.Br.]]<ref name="WCSP">{{WCSP | 53395 | ''Cymbidium suave''}}</ref>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="WCSP" />
| synonyms = ''Cymbidium gomphocarpum'' <small>[[Fitzg.]]</small>
}}

'''''Cymbidium suave''''', commonly known as the '''snake orchid'''<ref name="RBGS">{{cite web |last1=Weston |first1=Peter H. |title=''Cymbidium suave'' |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Cymbidium~suave |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |accessdate=14 January 2019}}</ref> or '''grassy boat-lip orchid''',<ref name="Jones">{{cite book|last1=Jones|first1=David L.|title=A complete guide to native orchids of Australia including the island territories|date=2006|publisher=New Holland|location=Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.|isbn=1877069124|pages =467–468}}</ref> is a plant in the [[orchid]] [[Family (botany)|family]] and is [[Endemism|endemic]] to eastern [[Australia]]. It is an [[Epiphyte|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.[[File:Cymbidium suave 1.jpg|thumb|225px|habit]]

==Description==
''Cymbidium suave'' is an epiphytic [[Herbaceous plant|herb]] that forms clumps of grass-like leaves but lacks prominent pseudobulbs. It has stems {{convert|300-500|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|15-20|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} wide covered with overlapping leaf bases. There are between four and eight strap-shaped leaves {{convert|300-450|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|15-20|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} wide on each stem. Between five and fifty strongly scented, olive green to dark or brownish green flowers {{convert|23-35|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|20-30|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} wide are borne on an often arching flowering stem {{convert|100-300|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} long. The [[sepal]]s are {{convert|12-15|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|5-6|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} wide and the [[petal]]s are {{convert|8-11|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|5-6|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} wide. The [[Labellum (botany)|labellum]] is {{convert|8-11|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|7-8|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} wide and faintly divided into three lobes. Flowering occurs between August and January.<ref name="RBGS" /><ref name="Jones" /><ref name="ATROK">{{cite web |author1=D.L.Jones |author2=T.Hopley |author3=S.M.Duffy |author1-link=David L. Jones (botanist) |year=2010 |access-date=30 May 2021 |url=http://www.canbr.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/RFKOrchids/key/rfkorchids/Media/Html/Cymbidium_suave.htm |title=Factsheet - ''Cymbidium suave'' |website=[[Australian Tropical Rainforest Orchids]] |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), [[Australian Government]]}}</ref>

==Taxonomy and naming==
''Cymbidium suave'' was first formally described in 1810 by [[Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)|Robert Brown]] who published the description in ''[[Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen]]''.<ref name=APNI>{{cite web|title=''Cymbidium canaliculatum''|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/516089|publisher=APNI|accessdate=14 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="R.Br.">{{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Robert |title=Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum |date=1810 |location=London |page=331 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/21871#page/199/mode/1up |accessdate=14 January 2019}}</ref> The [[Botanical nomenclature|specific epithet]] (''suave'') is a [[Latin]] word meaning "sweet".<ref name="RWB">{{cite book|authorlink1=Roland W. Brown|last1=Brown|first1=Roland Wilbur|title=The Composition of Scientific Words|date=1956|publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press|location=Washington, D.C.|page =773}}</ref>

==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, Queensland|Cooktown]] in [[Queensland]] and [[Bega, New South Wales|Bega]] in [[New South Wales]] and as far inland as [[Tamworth, New South Wales|Tamworth]].<ref name="RBGS" /><ref name="Jones" /><ref name="ATROK" />

== References ==
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[[Category:Cymbidium|suave]]
[[Category:Endemic orchids of Australia]]
[[Category:Orchids of New South Wales]]
[[Category:Orchids of Queensland]]
[[Category:Epiphytic orchids]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1810]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)]]

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