Kōrero: Orchids

Spider orchid

Spider orchid

Spider orchids grown on forest floors, often favouring damp, shady sites and the banks of streams. Originally all spider orchids were treated as belonging to one genus, Corybas, but since the mid-1990s they have been split into five genera. This specimen is Singularybas oblongus.

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Department of Conservation
Reference: 10055517
Photograph by Dick Veitch

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Ian St George, 'Orchids - Forest orchids', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/9937/spider-orchid (accessed 13 May 2024)

He kōrero nā Ian St George, i tāngia i te 24 Sep 2007