Plant: usually 100 –200mm tall with 2 long stiff narrow leaves 10-15 x 1.5-2cm.

Flowers: 2–3 green, conspicuously hooded, 10–20mm long, often marked with red or brown.

Flowering: December to February.

Habitat: in damp alpine or montane scrub and herbfields. Ruapehu southwards.

Conservation: locally common and abundant; not threatened.

Notes: often camouflaged but quite distinct.

Key features: 2 narrow, leaves, alpine wetland habitat.