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Acianthus sinclairii

Pixie Cap - Heart leaf Orchid

Flowering plant at Coopers Beach 5 August 2008. Photo: Bill Campbell
Photo: Bill Campbell
Recorded distribution
Recorded distribution

Plant

Slender 2-10cm tall, typically in dense colonies, with a distinctive heart-shaped leaf part way up the stem.

Flowers

Up to 10 translucent, green flowers with a maroon labellum.

Flowering

May - October.

Habitat

Open lowland scrub and forest and track sides. Often with Cyrtostylis rotundifolia or Pterostylis alobula nearby. Widespread throughout.

Conservation

Common, may be locally abundant. Not threatened.

Notes

Can be difficult to distinguish from Corybas acuminatus when in leaf.

Key features

Thin heart-shaped leaf, multiple flowers, acute dorsal sepal.

Photos

Flowering plant at Coopers Beach 5 August 2008. Photo: Bill Campbell
Small colony of flowering plants. Photo: Rebecca Bowater
Flower close up. Photo: Rebecca Bowater
Flowering plants at Totara North 2 August 2007. Photo: Bill Campbell
Flowering plant at Opuawhanga 15 July 2012. Photo: Bill Campbell
Colony at Whangaroa 8 October 2007. Photo: Bill Campbell
Flowering Plants. Photo: Ian St George
In bud. Photo: Allan Ducker
Emerging leaf. Photo: Allan Ducker
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