Flora of New Zealand Series

Original locality: Auckland Id. Type: K(?).

Plant at fl. c. 8–30–(40) cm. tall, not elongating greatly in fr. Stem erect, slightly fleshy, glab. Green lvs us. 2, occ. 1 or 3, well spaced up stem, to 10–(15) × 1.5–(2) cm., narrow-lanceolate, concave, acute, inclined to be fleshy, sts blotched with brown, the upper smaller. Floral bracts foliaceous, erect, broad-ovate, deeply concave, acute. Fls rarely > 3, inclined away from bracts. Per. c. 1.5 cm. long, green, sts spotted with dull red-brown. Sepals acute; dorsal broadly ovate, forming arched roof over inner parts; lateral almost as long, linear, deflexed. Petals slightly shorter, linear-lanceolate, subacute. Labellum erect, broad-ovate, narrowed abruptly into short claw; margin entire; callose ridges extending almost to tip. Column cylindric, curved; wing very narrow, forming small lobes about anther.

DIST.: N., Tararua Range; S., St., A., C.

Wet and peaty places, at higher altitudes in the north, to sea level in the south.

FL. (11)–2–(3).