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Chiloglottis trapeziformis

Broad-Lip Bird Orchid

Waitarere Forest 15 August 2022. Photo: Matt Ward
Photo: Matt Ward
Recorded distribution
Recorded distribution

Plant

To 10cm tall Reddish or green flower and stem. Leaf with distinctly wavy margins.

Flowers

To 20 mm across with a pale column and dark, discrete area of warty calli at labellum midlobe, not reaching tip.

Flowering

September.

Habitat

Known naturally only from pine forests on the Horowhenua coast but transplanted to Iwitahi.

Conservation

Vagrant, from Australia.

Key features

Flower tinged maroon; mass of large, dark maroon calli on the midlobe.

Photos

Waitarere Forest 15 August 2022. Photo: Matt Ward
Waitarere Forest 15 August 2022. Photo: Matt Ward
Waitarere Forest 13 September 2023. Photo: Bill Campbell
Waitarere Forest 13 September 2023. Photo: Bill Campbell
Waitarere Forest 13 September 2023. Photo: Bill Campbell
Waitarere Forest 13 September 2023. Photo: Bill Campbell
Waitarere Forest 13 September 2023. Photo: Bill Campbell
Waitarere Forest 13 September 2023. Photo: Bill Campbell
Front on flower view. Photo: Ian St George
Side on flower view. Photo: Ian st George
Colony in flower. Photo: Ian St George
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