Dancing Spider Orchid
Nematoceras acuminatum
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.

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Big Red Spider Orchid
Nematoceras iridescens
Kai iwi - Wanganui
Photo: Michael Pratt
Flowers August - October
Likes wet papa clay or moss covered
banks. Often found growing on roadside
cuttings.

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Spider Orchid
Nematoceras longipetalum
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.

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Silver Back Orchid
Nematoceras macranthum
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
Nematoceras orbiculatum
Kai iwi - Wanganui
Photo: Michael Pratt
Flowers August - October
Found in scattered locations from
Stewart Island to the Waikato.
Prefers very damp, mossy banks.

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Spider Orchid
Nematoceras papa
Moki Road - Uruti - Taranaki
Photo: Eric Scanlen
Flowers August - September
Not uncommon in the hill country of
Taranaki through to Mt Ruapehu.
Grows on very wet mossy clay banks.

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Spider Orchid
Nematoceras papillosum
Shag Point - Otago
Photo: Ian St George
Flowers October - December
Similar to N macranthum, but the
labellum is transparent, coloured dark
purple-red above, and whitish below.

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Spider Orchid
Nematoceras rivulare
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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