Recorded distribution
Plant
Slender to robust plant, leaf thick, ridged.
Flowers
3-20, petals plain, deep blue. Column palest violet with a narrow violet band underlying the bright yellow top; column top scarcely domed over, with toothed margins and forward pointing side lobes. Column arms long, curved upwards, tipped with thin white cilia.
Flowering
October - December.
Habitat
Damp or dry ground - open kauri and gumland scrub in the Northland south to Nelson.
Conservation
Locally common.
Notes
Like T. tholiformis but column top wide open and back sloping.
Key features
Column top scarcely domed over, deeply cleft with long column arms.
