Corybas acuminatus

Flowers from September to December.

The plants are quite easy to miss as their colour blends in well with mosses and leaves.

Mainly insect pollinated.

Prefers shady areas in the bush.

Corybas cheesmanii

Flowers May-August.

Corybas iridescens

This species is often found in dense colonies

Flowers August to October.

Corybas "Kaimai"

Flowers October to November.

It has a more rounded and brighter green leaf than Corybas acuminatus. This species is found in shaded wet mossy areas.

Corybas oblongus

Flowers October - November.

Prefers damp shady areas.

Corybas rivularis agg.

Flowers October - November.

Prefers damp shady areas.

Corybas trilobus

Seems to flower earlier than the other Corybas in this area - August to September.

These can be found in large groups, in mixed forest, alongside tracks.

I have also found large clumps in grass in open remnants of bush where cattle are grazing.

Corybas macranthus

These can be found in large groups, in mixed forest, alongside tracks. Often the flower is invisible apart from the filaments of the lateral sepals and petals are all that is visible above the leaf.

Corybas hypogaeus

The flower on this species is tiny, and often leaf litter needs to be moved to see them properly.

Flowers August to early Dec.

Found in moist beech forest. Compared to other species in the C. trilobus group, the leaf is usually wider than long.

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