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Corybas rotundifolius

Kauri Helmet Orchid

Kaitaia. Photo: Kevin Matthews
Photo: Kevin Matthews
Recorded distribution
Recorded distribution

Plant

Leaf up to 3.5 x 3cm, thin, oblong-oval in shape. Flower held well above the leaf, 10-15mm long.

Flowers

A soft pink to red. Dorsal sepal pale, almost white. Labellum often striped with darker slightly raised veins. Labellum with a raised midline of pink or white inward facing calli, short near the apex, but much longer nearer the column. Petals and lateral sepals very short.

Flowering

June - August.

Habitat

Scrub and light forest.

Conservation

Scattered, local.

Notes

Flowers lacking red colouring occur.

Key features

Short tepals and tubular labellum, dorsal sepal pale and not cleft at the tip.

Photos

Kaitaia. Photo: Kevin Matthews
Lake Ohia. Photo: Kevin Matthews
Opuawhanga 5 July 2008. Photo: Bill Campbell
Shenstone Block - Te Paki. Photo: Gary Penniall
Northland. Photo: Ian St George
Kaitaia. Photo: Kevin Matthews
Kaitaia. Photo: Kevin Matthews
Kaitaia. Photo: Kevin Matthews
Pale form, Lake Ohia 29 July 2009. Photo: Bill Campbell
Lake Ohia - Far North. Photo: Kevin Matthews
Lake Ohia - Far North. Photo: Kevin Matthews
Lake Ohia - Far North. Photo: Kevin Matthews
Lake Ohia - Far North. Photo: Kevin Matthews
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