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Kōrero: Orchids

Swamp orchid

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Swamp orchid

A number of orchids thrive in bogs and swamplands, including a few brightly coloured sun orchids. This mauve-flowered Thelymitra was growing in the infertile swamplands of the South Island’s West Coast.

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by Ian St George

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Ian St George, Orchids – Orchids of open scrub and wetland, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/9940/swamp-orchid (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ian St George, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.