Dendrobium speciosum.

Botanical name: 

Dendrobium speciosum Sm. Orchideae. Rock-Lily.

Australia. This orchid, found growing upon rocks, has large pseudo-bulbs, the size of cucumbers, which are said to be eaten by the natives.


Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.