Flowering times • New Zealand Native Orchids

The following table lists the flowering times of the New Zealand orchid species.

Flowering generally occurs earlier in northern areas and later in southern districts.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Acianthus sinclairii					May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
Adenochilus gracilis	Jan											Dec
Aporostylis bifolia	Jan											Dec
Bulbophyllum pygmaeum	Jan											Dec
Bulbophyllum tuberculatum				Apr	May
Caladenia alata								Aug	Sep	Oct
Caladenia atradenia								Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Caladenia bartlettii										Oct	Nov
Caladenia chlorostyla	Jan	Feb							Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Caladenia lyallii	Jan	Feb									Nov	Dec
Caladenia minor	Jan	Feb								Oct	Nov	Dec
Caladenia nothofageti	Jan											Dec
Caladenia variegata											Nov	Dec
Caleana minor	Jan										Nov	Dec
Calochilus herbaceus										Oct	Nov	Dec
Calochilus paludosus										Oct	Nov	Dec
Calochilus robertsonii										Oct	Nov	Dec
Chiloglottis cornuta	Jan	Feb								Oct	Nov	Dec
Chiloglottis trapeziformis											Nov	Dec
Chiloglottis valida										Oct	Nov	Dec
Corybas “Hump”												Dec
Corybas “Kaitarakihi”									Sep	Oct
Corybas “Pollok”								Aug	Sep
Corybas “pygmy”					May	Jun	Jul
Corybas “Remutaka”										Oct
Corybas “whiskers”								Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov
Corybas acuminatus							Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Corybas carsei								Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov
Corybas cheesemanii					May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Corybas confusus										Oct	Nov	Dec
Corybas cryptanthus							Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
Corybas dienemus										Oct	Nov
Corybas hatchii							Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
Corybas hypogaeus								Aug	Sep
Corybas iridescens								Aug	Sep	Oct
Corybas macranthus	Jan									Oct	Nov	Dec
Corybas oblongus									Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Corybas obscurus											Nov
Corybas orbiculatus								Aug	Sep	Oct
Corybas papa								Aug	Sep
Corybas rivularis										Oct	Nov
Corybas rotundifolius						Jun	Jul	Aug
Corybas sanctigeorgianus									Sep	Oct
Corybas trilobus									Sep	Oct	Nov
Corybas vitreus										Oct	Nov	Dec
Corybas walliae										Oct	Nov
Cryptostylis subulata	Jan	Feb	Mar						Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cyrtostylis oblonga							Jul	Aug	Sep
Cyrtostylis rotundifolia							Jul	Aug	Sep
Danhatchia australis	Jan	Feb										Dec
Dendrobium cunninghamii	Jan											Dec
Drymoanthus adversus										Oct	Nov	Dec
Drymoanthus flavus									Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Earina aestivalis	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr							Nov	Dec
Earina autumnalis		Feb	Mar	Apr	May
Earina mucronata	Jan	Feb							Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Gastrodia cooperae	Jan	Feb									Nov	Dec
Gastrodia cunninghamii	Jan	Feb									Nov	Dec
Gastrodia minor	Jan										Nov	Dec
Gastrodia molloyi	Jan	Feb									Nov	Dec
Gastrodia sesamoides	Jan									Oct	Nov	Dec
Genoplesium nudum	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Genoplesium pumilum		Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul
Microtis arenaria										Oct	Nov
Microtis oligantha	Jan	Feb										Dec
Microtis parviflora	Jan	Feb	Mar							Oct	Nov	Dec
Microtis unifolia	Jan								Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Orthoceras novae-zeelandiae	Jan	Feb	Mar								Nov	Dec
Prasophyllum colensoi	Jan	Feb								Oct	Nov	Dec
Prasophyllum hectorii	Jan	Feb										Dec
Pterostylis agathicola							Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
Pterostylis alobula				Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
Pterostylis alveata		Feb	Mar	Apr	May
Pterostylis areolata										Oct	Nov	Dec
Pterostylis auriculata										Oct	Nov	Dec
Pterostylis australis											Nov	Dec
Pterostylis banksii									Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Pterostylis brumalis				Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep
Pterostylis cardiostigma										Oct	Nov	Dec
Pterostylis cernua	Jan										Nov	Dec
Pterostylis foliata										Oct	Nov
Pterostylis graminea									Sep	Oct
Pterostylis humilis	Jan										Nov	Dec
Pterostylis irsoniana	Jan										Nov	Dec
Pterostylis irwinii											Nov	Dec
Pterostylis micromega	Jan	Feb									Nov	Dec
Pterostylis montana									Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Pterostylis nutans								Aug	Sep	Oct
Pterostylis oliveri	Jan										Nov	Dec
Pterostylis paludosa	Jan									Oct	Nov	Dec
Pterostylis patens	Jan										Nov	Dec
Pterostylis porrecta											Nov	Dec
Pterostylis puberula									Sep	Oct
Pterostylis silvicultrix											Nov	Dec
Pterostylis subsimilis	Jan										Nov	Dec
Pterostylis tanypoda	Jan	Feb										Dec
Pterostylis tasmanica									Sep	Oct
Pterostylis tristis	Jan									Oct	Nov	Dec
Pterostylis trullifolia					May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
Pterostylis venosa	Jan										Nov	Dec
Spiranthes australis	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
Taeniophyllum northlandicum										Oct	Nov
Thelymitra “Ahipara”											Nov	Dec
Thelymitra “darkie”										Oct	Nov
Thelymitra “rough-leaf”										Oct
Thelymitra “Whakapapa”	Jan	Feb
Thelymitra aemula										Oct	Nov	Dec
Thelymitra brevifolia										Oct	Nov	Dec
Thelymitra carnea									Sep	Oct	Nov
Thelymitra colensoi										Oct	Nov	Dec
Thelymitra cyanea	Jan	Feb	Mar								Nov	Dec
Thelymitra formosa	Jan	Feb									Nov	Dec
Thelymitra hatchii	Jan	Feb									Nov	Dec
Thelymitra ixioides										Oct	Nov	Dec
Thelymitra longifolia	Jan									Oct	Nov	Dec
Thelymitra malvina										Oct
Thelymitra matthewsii								Aug	Sep
Thelymitra nervosa	Jan									Oct	Nov	Dec
Thelymitra pauciflora	Jan									Oct	Nov	Dec
Thelymitra pulchella	Jan									Oct	Nov	Dec
Thelymitra purpureofusca											Nov	Dec
Thelymitra sanscilia										Oct	Nov
Thelymitra tholiformis											Nov	Dec
Thelymitra x dentata	Jan										Nov	Dec
Townsonia deflexa	Jan										Nov	Dec
Waireia stenopetala	Jan	Feb										Dec

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