Ant Orchid
Myrmechila formicifera
Syn: Chiloglottis formicifera
Cultivated Specimen
Photo: Eric Scanlen
Flowers August - September
A Trans-Tasman vagrant from Australia.
The only NZ specimens were found
near Kaitaia from 1900 to 1903.

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Broad Lip Bird Orchid
Myrmechila trapeziformis
Syn: Chiloglottis trapeziformis
Iwitahi - Taupo
Photo: Michael Pratt
Flowers November - December
A Trans-Tasman vagrant from Australia.
One colony found under exotic Pine
forest near Levin in 2001.

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Green Bird Orchid
Simpliglottis cornuta
Syn: Chiloglottis cornuta
Dawson Falls - Mt Taranaki
Photo: Michael Pratt
Flowers October - February
A common species found in well lit
native forests, scrub and exotic
Pine plantations throughout NZ.

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Large Bird Orchid
Simpliglottis valida
Syn: Chiloglottis valida
Iwitahi - Taupo
Photo: Michael Pratt
Flowers October - December
A Trans-Tasman vagrant from Australia.
Found at a few scattered locations
from Taupo southward.

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