DSC_1280 Molloys potatoe orchid, or Huperei (Gastrodea molloyi) detail of flowerhead. This endemic was only described in 2016, it is tolerant of disturbed sites and is often found beside tracks in silver beech, kanuka, and tawa forests. It grows in a variety of light shady to dark shady places, in dry or wet areas. Saprophytic, obtaining nutrients from dead organic matter by parasitising fungi (Armillaria sp.) These three flowering plants were beside a track growing beneath hebe. Dunedin *
DSC_1279 Molloys potatoe orchid, or Huperei (Gastrodea molloyi) detail of flowerhead. This endemic was only described in 2016, it is tolerant of disturbed sites and is often found beside tracks in silver beech, kanuka, and tawa forests. It grows in a variety of light shady to dark shady places, in dry or wet areas. Saprophytic, obtaining nutrients from dead organic matter by parasitising fungi (Armillaria sp.) These plants were growing beneath hebe. Dunedin *
DSC_1891 Black orchid, or Huperei (Gastrodea cunninghamii) flowering in beech forest habitat. Often grows in dark shady places. Saprophytic, obtaining nutrients from dead organic matter by parasitising fungi (Armillaria sp.) associated with various tree species. Molesworth *
