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Mobilabium hamatum, commonly known as hook-leaf, is the only species in the genus Mobilabium from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is an epiphytic orchid with between three and twelve stiff, oblong leaves with a hooked tip. There are up to fifteen star-shaped, cream-coloured, pale green or brownish flowers with red or purple markings. The labellum has three lobes with the middle lobe hollow and containing sticky nectar. It mainly grows on rainforest trees at higher altitudes and is found in tropical North Queensland.
Hook-leaf mostly grows on rainforest trees, sometimes on isolated trees in paddocks and on other plants near streams, at altitudes between 600 and 1,300 metres (2,000 and 4,300 ft). It is found in north Queensland between the Cedar Bay National Park and Townsville.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mobilabium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
