Gastrodia aff. sesamoides a plant with no chlorophyll that lives like a medium sized kumara most of its life but every 2-4 years puts up a flower spike in the interests of spreading seed. It was rare in native bush but has taken a liking to Pinus radiata so now thrives as never before. The flower is inverted, (nonresupinate) with the labellum at the top, three sepals and two petals united in a tube and a long column peeping out under the labellum. This spike was in the Matakawau Reserve on 17/12/97. Some silver fern stuck behind it is close background to avoid eye disturbing anomalies and to give my auto exposure a chance.
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Gastrodia aff. sesamoides
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