This native vine or climber is commonly known as giant climbing orchid.
Pseudovanilla foliata 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 large climbing, scrambing, leafless saprophytic plant with stems 8 metres long with small 3-4cm round leaf-like bracts. Flowering stems 20-40cm long with 1-8 3-4cm diameter orange or orange-yellow flowers with a dark reddish labellum. Flowering period November-January. Rare in area. K'gari (Fraser Island). (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 Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
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Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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