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Thelymitra "Ahipara" Far North Photo: Gillian Crowcroft Flowers October - November Flowers pale blue or mauve. Grows in wetlands in the Far North. The flowers very rarely open. Threatened - Nationally Critical. 
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Thelymitra "comet" Kaweka Ranges Photo: Eric Scanlen Flowers November - January A species from the Kaweka Range. Found in open montane Manuka scrub. Mauve or blue in colour. Probably a sterile hybrid.
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Thelymitra "darkie" Ohia - Far North Photo: Kevin Matthews Flowers September Flowers mauve, outer surfaces purple. Stem dark purple with 3 bright green bracts. Column top bright yellow with an oblong opening.
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Thelymitra malvina Kaimaumau - Far North Photo: Eric Scanlen Flowers October - November Found in wetlands in Northland. Large flowers are pale to deep mauve. The top of the column is shaped like an inverted scoop.
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Thelymitra matthewsii Te Paki - Far North Photo: Ian St George Flowers August - September Flowers are purple with dark veins. Column arms bulbous, bright yellow. The leaf spirals around the stem. Threatened - Nationally Critical.
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Thelymitra "orange-top" Far North Photo: Kevin Matthews Flowers October - November Flowers purplish blue. Very similar to T pauciflora. The top of the column is deep orange and deeply split dividing the tip into two distinct areas.
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Thelymitra "rough leaf" Ohia - Far North Photo: Kevin Matthews Flowers October Flowers mauve to pink and have a chunky appearance. The top of the column has an oblong opening with a bright yellow and thick margin.
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Thelymitra sanscilia Hukatere Rd - Far North Photo: Kevin Matthews Flowers September - October A tall multi-flowered plant with rusty red stems. Column arms have very few or no cilia. Flowers blue. Threatened - Nationally Critical.
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Thelymitra "sansfimbria" Kaitaia Photo: Kevin Matthews Flowers October - December A blue unstriped form of Thelymitra pulchella that lacks any cilia on the column arms. Fragrant, said to resemble a Fressia or Violet aroma.
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Thelymitra "sky" Papawiri Hill Track - Te Paki Photo: Eric Scanlen Flowers September - November Flowers sky-blue, blue-mauve, white. Top of the column blunt and yellow. Similar to Thelymitra "rough leaf" but more slender.
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Thelymitra "tholinigra" Cape Reinga Photo: Eric Scanlen Flowers October Similar to T. aff. longifolia, but with a black, domed, post anther lobe on the column. The large flowers are pale mauve and fragrant.
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Thelymitra "Whakapapa" Horopito - Mt Ruapehu Photo: Michael Pratt Flowers January - February Flowers are 1cm across, pink to mauve in colour. Triangular spurs high on the column wings give them a rectangular appearance.
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