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Banded Helmet Orchid Corybas carsei Whangamarino - Waikato Photo: Eric Scanlen Flowers August - November A critically endangered species. Now only known from one small area in a swamp in the Waikato. Flower a dark red. Dorsal sepal tip is deeply cleft. ![]() |
Kauri Helmet Orchid Corybas rotundifolius Kaitaia Photo: Kevin Matthews Flowers June - August Found in scrub and light forests north of Warkworth. Lacks the long thin petals and sepals present on most species of spider orchid. Flower a soft pink red. ![]() |
Pale Helmet Orchid Corybas rotundifolius "pale" Lake Ohia - Far North Photo: Kevin Matthews Flowers July - August Structurally the same as Corybas rotundifolius, but the flowers are pale, and the flowering period usually occurs slightly later. ![]() |
Spurred Helmet Orchid Corybas cheesemanii Diggers Valley - Kaitaia Photo: Gary Little Flowers May - August Prefers forests with a deep layer of fine leaf litter, mainly under Beech, Kanuka and Taraire. Is easily overlooked due to its small size. ![]() |
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Hidden Spider Orchid Corybas cryptanthus Shenstone Block - Te Paki Photo: Eric Scanlen Flowers July - October A leafless species which lacks chlorophyll. Found amongst the leaf litter of Beech and Tea Tree forests. The flower is often hidden beneath the leaf litter. ![]() |
Spider Orchid Corybas oblongus Okoia - Wanganui Photo: Michael Pratt Flowers September - December Found beneath light forest, scrub, or upon banks from North Cape to the Auckland Islands. Labellum dark crimson with a pale fimbriate edge. ![]() |
Spider Orchid Corybas "aestivalis" Shenstone Block - Te Paki Photo: Eric Scanlen Flowers August - November Similar to Corybas oblongus, but with a round labellum opening and a definitive bed of dark dentiform papillae within the labellum. ![]() |
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