New Zealand Plants

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 *