Pterostylis micromega
(small-large - the large flower on the small plant)

Basal leaves in a rosette or scattered up the stem.

A plant of shallow bogs and swamps, rarely growing in open water.

The relatively large flower is conspicuously pale, sometimes almost white.

Distribution - endemic - North Id.

Recorded in the past from Kaitaia to Wellington, it now appears to be confined to the lower Waikato and the Central Plateau: South Id. Nelson district:
Chatham Is.

Flowers - November-February, insect pollinated

Pterostylis paludosa
(growing in wet areas)

A slender plant of swamps and bogs.

Sepals short, acuminate.
Labellum-tip constricted, flat or twisted.
Stigma broadly cordate.

Distribution - endemic - central North Id.
between Murimotu and Mercer: north-western
South Id. Locally common.

Flowers - October-January- self pollinated