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Corybas oblongus

Spider Orchid

Kauaeranga Valley 31 October 2007. Photo: Jeremy R. Rolfe
Photo: Jeremy R. Rolfe
Recorded distribution
Recorded distribution

Plant

2-3cm high when in flower. Leaves thin, undulate to smooth edged varying from green to red-veined to red.

Flowers

Above the leaf. Floral bract beneath the ovary very prominent. Dorsal sepal slightly longer than the labellum. Lateral sepals and petals long, filiform. Petals shorter than the lateral sepals. Labellum dark crimson, 5 - 10mm long and forming a cylinder. Labellum opening usually oval, pale, and with a fimbriate edge.

Flowering

September - November.

Habitat

Clay banks, usually in moderate shade. Throughout.

Conservation

Common.

Notes

Big specimens may have a second or third flower. Variations show a range of labellar midlobe calli from none, to small warty, to a patch of hairlike calli. White flowered forms occur.

Key features

Pale, frilly edge to the dark crimson, tubular labellum and the thin, undulate to smooth edged red-veined leaf.

Photos

Kauaeranga Valley 31 October 2007. Photo: Jeremy R. Rolfe
Kauaeranga Valley 31 October 2007. Photo: Jeremy R. Rolfe
Stokes Valley 20 October 2006. Photo: Jeremy R. Rolfe
Stokes Valley 20 October 2006. Photo: Jeremy R. Rolfe
Kauaeranga Valley 31 October 2007. Photo: Jeremy R. Rolfe
Totara North 26 September 2007. Photo: Bill Campbell
Pukepoto. Photo: Kevin Matthews
Remutaka Forest Park 30 October 2013. Photo: Bill Campbell
Dangen Road, Peria 29 September 2007. Photo: Bill Campbell
Shenstone Block - Te Paki. Photo: Eric Scanlen
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