
  
  Date of issue: 18 Sept 1986
  
  
  Designer: O.Schmidinger and C.Stead
  Plant: Dendrobium nindii
  (also known as Durabaculum nindii )
  
  Family: ORCHIDACEAE
  Blue Orchid
  Epiphytic orchid forming tall, slender clumps.
  Leathery dark green leaves to 15 cm long.
  Long stems bearing sprays of 10-20 flowers.
  Occurs in north-eastern Queensland and PNG.
  
  
  
  
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