Recorded distribution
Plant
With leaves to 10 x 35 mm ovate, dark almost blackish-green.
Flowers
Greenish, 25 mm across darken to purple brown. Labellum with one tall stalked, black topped callus with several more or less sessile calli around it.
Flowering
October - November.
Habitat
Under Corsican pine at Iwitahi and Hanmer; also Nelson, Fiordland, Wakatipu.
Conservation
Discrete localities and colonies spreading vegetatively. Vagrant.
Notes
All colonies appeared around the same time. Plant larger than C. cornuta, leaves wider and longer. Some plants set seed in NZ even though it appears to lack its pollinator
Key features
Dark flower with broad petals and few tall calli.
