Plant: up to a metre tall, with many ovate leaves up to 15mm long, and up to 20 flowers.

Flowers: each to 50mm long, labellum uppermost, red yellow.

Flowering: wide season; October to January.

Habitat: supported by surrounding reeds or rushes, usually in wetlands. Northland.

Conservation: spreading but still uncommon, range restricted.

Notes: a recent coloniser.

Key features: of wetlands, distinctive flower on tall plants with many broad leaves.