Glossodia
Glossodia, commonly known as waxlip orchids, is a genus of mostly purple orchids from Australia.
Glossodia, commonly known as waxlip orchids, is a genus of mostly purple orchids from Australia. The genus was first formally described in 1810 by the prolific Scottish botanist Robert Brown who published his description in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae.
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Getting to Glossodia
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 59 km · Newcastle (NTL), 129 km
- Sydney (Mascot) → Glossodia59 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · A$9–11
- Williamtown → Glossodia128 km · quickest by road, 3h 23m · A$24–32
- Gold Coast → Glossodia666 km · quickest by air, 7h 22m · A$330–470
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No local-transport research exists yet for Glossodia
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Glossodia. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextThe Blue Mountains to the east The Wollemi National Park to the northeast Wisemans Ferry to the northwest
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Next door to Glossodia
Glossodia is 54 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Tennysonlocality in New South Wales, Australia3.7 km