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Corybas vitreus

Sunrise Track, Ruahine Range 26 September 2011. Photo: Mike Lusk
Photo: Mike Lusk

Plant

15-30 mm tall at flowering. Leaves heart-shaped to oblong, 10-15 x 12-20mm.

Flowers

Usually somewhat nodding, at to above the leaf. Dorsal sepal bright apple green capped down over the labellum, occasionally with a central red stripe down back and random red flecks. Labellum midlobe is pale green to colourless, the upper labellum wings maroon, lower edges translucent, rounded to trowel-shaped, weakly cut.

Flowering

August - October.

Habitat

Moist forest floor, and shady manuka. Waikato and Bay of Plenty southwards.

Conservation

Common.

Notes

Formerly tagged Corybas “Eastern Hills”.

Key features

Trowel-shaped, very pale labellum midlobe and maroon outer to the wings which are pale cream within, and prominent green cap of the dorsal sepal.

Photos

Sunrise Track, Ruahine Range 26 September 2011. Photo: Mike Lusk
Near Oban, Rakiura 20 August. Photo: Mike Lusk
Waitarere Forest 3 August 2020. Photo: Matt Ward
Jubilee Park, Ohakune 9 September 2018. Photo: Matt Ward
Ohakune 12 September 2023. Photo: Bill Campbell
Tauherenikau River, Wairarapa. Photo: Matt Ward
Upland Road, Kaimai Range. Photo: Gael Donaghy
Otaki Gorge 1 August 2017. Photo: Matt Ward
Sunrise Track, Ruahine Range 26 September 2011. Photo: Mike Lusk
Ohakune 12 September 2023. Photo: Bill Campbell
Hollyford Valley October 2019. Photo: Gael Donaghy
Keith George Memorial Ppark, Silverstream 27 July 2018. Photo: Matt Ward
Upland Road, Kaimai Range. Photo: Gael Donaghy
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