New Zealand Plants

DSC_2736 Mountain kiokio (Parablechnum montanum) 'pink' fronds, are the result of red pigments called anthocyanins, which act as a sunscreen' to protect the growing tips of the new leaves. Grows from Mt Pirongia south, on the North, South, Chatham, Antipodes, Auckland and Campbell Islands. Col Lyall, Campbell Island *

Blechnum