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Spider orchid

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Spider orchid

The upper sepal forms a long, pointed hood ove the rest of the flower in the dancing spider orchid Nematoceras acuminatum. The side sepals and petals are reduced to fine filaments.

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New Zealand Native Orchids

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Ian St George, Orchids – Orchid habitat, features and conservation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/10826/spider-orchid (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ian St George, published 1 March 2009.