Citation: R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 330 (1810).

Derivation: Greek dis, double; podion, a little foot; in reference to the 2 stalks, or false-caudicles, of the pollinary apparatus.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Terrestrial herbs, glabrous, with imbricated sheaths at the base of the scape, the upper ones passing into more distant bracts.

Flowers resupinate, spotted; perianth-segments free, nearly equal, spreading; labellum sessile, erect, 3-lobed; lateral lobes much shorter than the middle one; lamina with a hairy track in the middle line; column erect, semicylindrical; anther terminal, lid-like, deciduous; pollen-masses 2, waxy, 2-lobed, attached when mature to the rostellum by a large disk and double stipes produced backwards from the latter.

Distribution:  About 20 species, 3 of which are endemic to Australia. Others are reported from New Guinea, New Hebrides, Philippines and Malayan Archipelago.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available