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Odd Leaved Orchid Aporostylis bifolia Dawson Falls - Mt Taranaki Photo: Michael Pratt Flowers December - January Found in sub-alpine to alpine forest, scrub and herb-fields from Coromandel southward. 
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Slender Forest Orchid Adenochilus gracilis Dawson Falls - Mt Taranaki Photo: Michael Pratt Flowers December - January Found in montane to sub-alpine Beech forests from East Cape southward.
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Tongue Orchid Cryptostylis subulata Photo: Ian St George Flowers December - January An Australian migrant now firmly established in swamps of the Far North. Grows to metre or more high when in flower.
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Danhatchia Orchid Danhatchia australis Matakawau - Awhitu Peninsula Photo: Eric Scanlen Flowers December - February An epiparasitic species with no leaves. Nearly always found beneath Taraire or Nikau trees.
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Horned Orchid ( Paratawhiti, Ikaika ) Orthoceras novae-zeelandiae Horopito - Mt Ruapehu Photo: Michael Pratt Flowers December - March Has a short floral bract behind the flower, and a rounded labellum tip. Found on poor clay soils and beneath scrub.
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Horned Orchid ( Paratawhiti, Ikaika ) Orthoceras strictum Wairarapa Photo: Ian St George Flowers December - March Has longer floral bracts above the flower and a more pointed labellum than is found on O novae-zeelandiae.
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Ladies' Tresses Spiranthes novae-zeelandiae Volcanic Plateau Photo: Eric Scanlen Flowers January - April Found from North Cape to South Westland in swamps and marshy sites. Raceme of many flowers arranged spirally around the stem. Local and rare.
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Ladies' Tresses Spiranthes "Motutangi" Waipapakauri - Far North Photo: Kevin Matthews Flowers December - March A rare species from the Far North. Flowers spiral around the stem. Labellum white and slipper-like. Sepals and petals tinged pale pink.
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Small Duck Orchid Paracaleana minor Syn: Sullivania minor Photo courtesy Ian St George Flowers November - December An Australian vagrant. Only one small colony currently known at Rotorua. Labellum is touch sensitive, and flips down when an insect alights upon it.
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Beak Orchid Waireia stenopetala Bald Hill - Longwood Range - Riverton Photo: Eric Scanlen Flowers December - February Found in wet, peaty places at higher altitudes in the north, & down to sea level in the south. Has 1 - 3 flowers, each are green with dull red-brown spots.
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Bird Orchids