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Drymoanthus flavus

Spotted Fleshy Tree Orchid

Wainuiomata 31 October 2016. Photo: Bill Campbell
Photo: Bill Campbell
Recorded distribution
Recorded distribution

Plant

With leaves to 20 mm long, purple-spotted, dull, leathery, in fan-shaped clusters sticking out from the stem.

Flowers

Yellow-green, the labellum lacking the calli in the labellum of D. adversus.

Flowering

October - December.

Habitat

On a range of host trees. Widespread.

Conservation

At Risk, sparse.

Notes

Much less common than D. adversus with which it sometimes grows.

Key features

White roots leading from a clump of leaves sticking out from the stem or surface; leaves spotted, flowers un-spotted and seed capsules spotted.

Photos

Wainuiomata 31 October 2016. Photo: Bill Campbell
Wainuiomata 7 December 2015. Photo: Bill Campbell
Wainuiomata 18 September 2019. Photo: Bill Campbell
Photo: Ian St George
Tautuku Forest - Catlins. Photo: Ian St George
Whirinaki - Bay Of Plenty. Photo: Eric Scanlen
Photo: Ian St George
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