New Zealand Native Orchids
 
 

Helmet Orchids


             
   
Corybas carsei

Habitat: confined to peat bogs, particularly wire rush bogs. Rare.

Key features: peat bog habitat; lateral sepals and petals very reduced, dorsal sepal notched.

 
Corybas rotundifolius

Habitat: scrub and light forest. Te Paki to Auckland, local.

Key features: short tepals and tubular labellum, dorsal sepal pale and not cleft at the tip.


 
Corybas cheesemanii

Habitat: deep litter in relatively deep shade; forest and scrub. Widespread.

Key features: apparent lack of petals or sepals, pearly to dorsal sepal, small leaf.



Wet place Spider Orchids Spider Orchid Key General Forest Spider Orchids