Recorded distribution
Plant
To 60 cm tall, robust.
Flowers
Mauve to blue with purple cilia, petals and sepals large, narrow, opening wide. Column tall narrow, blue to mauve,
Flowering
October.
Habitat
Peaty wetlands, often on or associated with rotting kauri logs.
Conservation
Usually solitary; recent arrival, coloniser. Northland only.
Notes
Distinctive large blue flowers with arched column top.
Key features
Mauve flowers with purple cilia, tall narrow column strongly arched forwards.
