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Tutukiwi / Greenhood Orchids

Pterostylis banksii

Photo by iGooism
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Field Notes

Notes:

orchid of some sort?

Species ID Suggestions

Greenhood

Pterostylis sp. (possibly P.banksii)

Comments (6)

Hermosa orquidea por favor agregala ala mission Orchids of the World Gracias http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/9525140
@@ i stumbled on a treasure !! hope can stumble upon more of them in the future !! :D
A pleasure! I love these little orchids. NZ has some other real crackers too.
Thx for helping me identify them !! :D
Yes there are quite a few of them ( 8 to 12 flowers ) in one whole patch on the ground ( 100 X 20 cm) It was growing just underneath the ferns I spotted. I think you can see one of the flower in one of the photos of the fern.
Lovely Pterostylis! Were there many in the colony? Do you have any shots of the whole plant &/or habitat?

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