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Journal Number 102
February 2007
ELEMENTARY ED HATCH
The Epiphytes 2
Drawings by Eric Scanlen and Ian St George
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Earina
An endemic genus (spring flowering).
Epiphytes with, creeping, branching rhizomes and long ± pendulous branches. The racemes often persist into the following season and flower again. |
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Earina mucronata
(the mucronate tips to the leaves)
The stems are compressed and marked with black spots. The labellum is sessile, without calli, and bifid at the tip.
Distribution - endemic - North, South, Stewart and
Chatham Is.
Flowers - September-November, with some plants flowering later - insect pollinated. |
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Earina aestivalis
(summer flowering)
A coastal version of mucronata, the leaves shorter and broader.
Distribution - endemic - coastal in the North, South and Chatham Is.
Flowers - December-January - insect pollinated. |
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Earina autumnalis
(autumn flowering)
The flowers are strongly scented. The tips of the branches are often turned upwards so that the raceme of flowers is erect. Labellum clawed and entire, with basal calli.
Distribution - endemic - North, South, Stewart and
Chatham Is.
Flowers - March-May - insect pollinated. |
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Winika
(the Maori name for the plant).
Was originally included in Dendrobium, but now recognised as endemic. |
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Winika cunninghamii
(Allan Cunningham, Australian botanist who made 2 trips to the Bay of Islands in 1826 and 1838)
Stems numerous, woody, jointed, branched, erect or pendulous. Flowers white or pink, in lax racemes.
Distribution - endemic - North, South, Stewart and
Chatham Is.
Flowers - December-March - insect pollinated. |
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