Miscellaneous Orchids 1 - New Zealand Native Orchids ( Aporostylis Adenochilus Simpliglottis Cryptostylis Danhatchia Myrmechila Sullivania )

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Miscellaneous Orchids 1
Various Other Terrestrial Species


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. More Information		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. More Information		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. More Information		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. More Information


Green Bird Orchid Simpliglottis cornuta Syn: Chiloglottis cornuta Photo: Gary Little Flowers October - February Common in native forests, scrub, and Pine plantations. Flowers green with a labellum covered in prominent glossy green or reddish-brown calli. More Information		Broad Lip Bird Orchid Myrmechila trapeziformis Syn: Chiloglottis trapeziformis Iwitahi - Taupo Photo: Michael Pratt Flowers December A Trans-Tasman vagrant from Australia. Was thought extinct in NZ. Recently rediscovered near Levin. More Information		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. More Information		Small Duck Orchid Sullivania minor Syn: Paracaleana 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. More Information

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