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Genus OgcodesObserver
gubbazDescription
This Fly? is 7mm long. ( by pixel count) The eye is about 1mm deep and the pair of them dominate the head. 3 or 4 of them were frequenting a fence post - mating?. Rough grasses, gardens and calf bedding nearby.
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Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)Observer
gubbazDescription
An active group of males - didn't see any females. I would have thought the wingspan was larger than the suggested 55mm but I didn't objectively measure them.
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Swamp Sun Orchid (Thelymitra cyanea)Observer
gubbazDescription
A couple of clumps still flowering well.
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Red Beech (Nothofagus fusca)Observer
gubbazDescription
I thought I would record this Red Beech because it is well within Conservation estate at an abandoned house site dating from the WW1 soldier settlement days. Red Beech is not present in this area naturally.
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Poataniwha (Melicope simplex)Observer
gubbazDescription
Need some help on this one. Leaves max out at about 10mm.
The shrub is 3 to 4 metres high with a distinctive upright divaricating form. The leaves are a little too serrated for most potential species. No visible stomata for Coprosma. Is it one of the variants for Myrsines divaricatum? Sorry for no flowers or fruits - none to be had in January.
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Tall Sundew (Drosera auriculata)Observer
gubbazDescription
They are flowering strongly this year.
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gubbazDescription
I presume it is colensoi rather than diffusa due to the flowers being on the tips.
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Iridescent Corybas (Corybas iridescens)Observer
gubbazDescription
At approx 550 metres asl on road cutting. Also small numbers in Waitahinga quarry nearby
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Akakura (Metrosideros fulgens)Observer
gubbazDescription
Crazy Rata flowering in July at 560M asl at Moana trig Waverley. Presume it is fulgens - growing as a 3metre high tangled shrub.
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Iridescent Corybas (Corybas iridescens)Observer
gubbazDescription
Growing on the Papa cutting near the top of the Moeawatea Hill (Ahoroa rd) Waverley. South facing bank at about 450M asl
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Forstera tenellaObserver
gubbazDescription
On the banks of the Mangaturuturu Stream
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Odd Leaved Orchid (Aporostylis bifolia)Observer
gubbazDescription
Scattered colonies around the open land near Mangaturuturu Hut
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Fairy Aprons (Utricularia dichotoma)Observer
gubbazDescription
Spotted these little flowers a few metres from Mangaturuturu Hut. Was looking at Drosera at the time and had no idea what these were. Hope my ID is good.
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Odd Leaved Orchid (Aporostylis bifolia)Observer
gubbazDescription
Just a few plants on the Waihaha track.
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Prince of Wales Fern (Leptopteris superba)Observer
gubbazDescription
Must have been a great spring for them at Waihaha - the new growth is stunning
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Common Sun Orchid (Thelymitra longifolia)Observer
gubbazDescription
It was a sunny day and despite the heavy rain the previous evening the Common Sun Orchid flowers were open all along the scrubland sections of the Waihaha track
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Woollywort (Trichocolea mollissima)Observer
gubbazDescription
Showing sporophyte with capsule
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Hatch's Thelymitra (Thelymitra hatchii)Observer
gubbazDescription
One plant on Waihaha walking track. Lots of longifolia around.
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Mountain Cabbage Tree (Cordyline indivisa)Observer
gubbazDescription
A lone plant on the Roadside in the Jean D'Arcy Conservation Area, Watershed Road Wanganui. Specimen was a large tree that has died back to two offshoots.
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Black Orchid (Gastrodia cunninghamii)Observer
gubbazDescription
One of a pair of specimens. The flowers are not quite mature so I will go back in a week or two for more photos. Hopefully the goats haven't eaten it in the meantime. Not common here, I have only seen one other locally.
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New Zealand Spider-Orchid (Corybas oblongus)Observer
gubbazDescription
Multiple plants along this bush section of Weraweraonga track. Peak flowering about now
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Mountain Cabbage Tree (Cordyline indivisa)Observer
gubbazDescription
A lone plant in a gorge below Junction road. Nearest known other plants are about 15km to the North at Jean D'arcy Reserve. Specimen is at an altitude of about 460m asl and the tops around achieve 576m.
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Taurepo (Rhabdothamnus solandri)Observer
gubbazDescription
Nice little stand not far from the Lake edge. As usual always a few flowers to be seen
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Wild Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)Observer
gubbazDescription
There has been a few Teasels scattered along the Mangawhio Valley road for as long as I can remember.
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Polystichum wawranumObserver
gubbazDescription
Fronds were about 400mm long. Polystichum are fairly common around here so am trying to figure out what is who.
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Red Damselfly (Xanthocnemis zealandica)Observer
gubbazDescription
This specimen was about 50mm long. I was lucky to have him sit long enough to get a good shot or 2.
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Toutouwai (North Island Robin) (Petroica longipes)Observer
gubbazDescription
Robins are reasonably common nowadays here and this little fellow was particularly cheeky
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Prickly Shield Fern (Polystichum vestitum)Observer
gubbazDescription
Individual plant with fronds 500mm to 1000mm long. Distinct from other Polystichum on my property. General destription seems to be Polystichum vestitum but the sori seem too large. Curious to see what you think.
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New Zealand Horned Orchid (Orthoceras novae-zeelandiae)Observer
gubbazDescription
My book of Orchids (Native Orchids of NZ - Johns & Molloy) ID this as strictum but here it looks like it may be novaezeelandae
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Winter Greenhood (Pterostylis alobula)Observer
gubbazDescription
Thinking these are alobula rather than trullifolia. Established in a Macrocarpa plantation
