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Spider Orchid Corybas "Kaimai" Piha Stream - Waitakere Range Photo: Eric Scanlen Flowers September - October An un-named species. Found on wet, mossy stream banks out of direct sunlight. ![]() |
Spider Orchid Corybas "Kaitarakihi" Kaitarakihi Reserve - Huia Photo: Eric Scanlen Flowers September - October An un-named species. Found beside streams along the Manukau Harbour shore of the Waitakere's. ![]() |
Spider Orchid Corybas iridescens pale Okoia - Wanganui Photo: Michael Pratt Flowers July - October Structurally the same as normal C iridescens, but the labellum lacks the very dark colouring. ![]() |
Spider Orchid Corybas "Pollok" Awhitu Peninsula - Manukau Photo: Eric Scanlen Flowers August - September A newly recorded species from the Awhitu Peninsula. Centre of labellum dark red, outer areas translucent white. ![]() |
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Spider Orchid Corybas "rest area" Paramanawera Swamp - Mt Ruapehu Photo: Eric Scanlen Flowers October - November Known from two locations on the lower slopes of Mt Ruapehu, and from one site in the southern Tararua Range. ![]() |
Spider Orchid Corybas "sphagnum" Paramanawera Swamp - Mt Ruapehu Photo: Eric Scanlen Flowers November - December Known from Mt Ruapehu and Nelson. Similar to C iridescens, but is paler in colour & has a rounded inner flexure. ![]() |
Spider Orchid Corybas "veil" Bridal Veil Falls - Raglan Photo: Eric Scanlen Flowers August - September A dark red flowered un-named species similar to C iridescens & C longipetalus. Recorded at Bridal Veil Falls, Raglan. ![]() |
Spider Orchid Corybas "whiskers" Atene - Whanganui River Photo: Michael Pratt Flowers August - October Found from Upper Hutt to Northland, and also the Nelson District. Prefers very damp, mossy banks. ![]() |
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