Gnat Orchids |
Acianthus sinclairii Habitat: open lowland scrub and forest and track sides. Widespread throughout. Key features: thin heart-shaped leaf, acute dorsal sepal. |
Cyrtostylis oblonga
Habitat: under kauri, lying on dense kauri litter. Northland to Bay of Plenty. Key features: leaf distinctly oblong and more prominently veined than C. rotundifolia. |
Cyrtostylis rotundifolia Habitat: open scrub and shaded forest, often coastal. Northland to Nelson. Key features: a broad, weakly veined leaf but leaves quite variable in size and shape in one locality. |
Townsonia deflexa
Habitat: high rainfall areas, montane beech forest and scrub. Ruapehu southwards. |