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Dancing Spider Orchid Corybas acuminatus Dawson Falls - Mt Taranaki Photo: Michael Pratt Flowers September - December Found in forests from Northland south to Stewart Island. Dorsal sepal is very long. Leaf triangular with a wavy margin. ![]() |
Big Red Spider Orchid Corybas iridescens Kai iwi - Wanganui Photo: Michael Pratt Flowers August - October Flowers are dark red to almost black. Leaves yellow-green often with dark purple spots. Favours wet clay banks. ![]() |
Spider Orchid Corybas "Waiouru" Kai iwi - Wanganui Photo: Michael Pratt Flowers July - October Has very long petals and lateral sepals. Wide translucent green and red labellum. Grows on very wet clay banks. ![]() |
Silver Back Orchid Corybas macranthus Okoia - Wanganui Photo: Michael Pratt Flowers October - January Found on banks and the forest floor from North Auckland southward. Often forms a thick carpet of many plants. ![]() |
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Spider Orchid Corybas orbiculatus Kai iwi - Wanganui Photo: Michael Pratt Flowers August - October Identified by the very short tepals. Labellum broad and dark red. Prefers very damp, mossy banks. ![]() |
Spider Orchid Corybas papa Atene - Whanganui River Photo: Michael Pratt Flowers August - September A pale flowered species found in the Taranaki - Wanganui hill country. Favours wet moss-covered clay banks. ![]() |
Spider Orchid Corybas papillosa Shag Point - Otago Photo: Ian St George Flowers October - December Similar to C macranthus, but the labellum is transparent, coloured dark purple-red above, and whitish below. ![]() |
Spider Orchid Corybas rivularis Mangamuka Gorge - Northland Photo: Eric Scanlen Flowers October - November Found on banks beside streams, on cliff faces, and in the spray zone of waterfalls in Northland and Taranaki. ![]() |
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