Habitat: permanently wet, mossy road banks; damp forest and wet tussock herb fields; dunes. Lowland to montane.

Key features: short tepals, dark narrow labellum midlobe with in-rolled lateral margins

Habitat: calcareous siltstone, mudstone and limestone and fertile soils; streamsides, damp areas,

Key features: large flower, dark labellum colour, ridged dorsal sepal.

Habitat: streamsides, wet mossy rocks, lowland to montane. Volcanic Plateau southwards.

Key features: dorsal sepal and labellum translucent with a weft of pale maroon streaks. Petals and sepals about equal.

Habitat: wet alpine areas, Ruapehu, known near Wellington and Auckland and Campbell Is.

Key features: round leaf, petals much shorter than lateral sepals, labellum outer margin wavy.

Habitat: calcareous siltstone, mudstone and limestone country; streamsides, damp seepages, roadsides. Taranaki.

Key Features: flower sits above leaf, mostly green with patchy maroon in the throat.

Habitat: wet, mossy, shady stream banks. Northland.

Key features: the dark, almost bell shaped labellum is quite distinct.