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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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