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Pterostylis banksii

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Pterostylis curta (Greenhood orchid). Gnat-capture mechanism.

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Alpine Greenhood Orchids (Pterostylis alpina) and Bonny Having a Bark

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Greenhood orchid

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Greenhood orchid (Pterostylis concinna) - Randwick Ecological Park

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New Zealand orchid hunt 2021

Pterostylis banksii, commonly known as greenhood or tutukiwi, is a species of orchid endemic to New Zealand. Non-flowering plants have a rosette of leaves. Flowering plants have leaves on the flowering stem, some of which reach above the single relatively large, green flower with translucent white stripes. It is the most common, widespread and largest New Zealand greenhood and is found on both of the main islands.
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