When we were in Queens Park in Invercargill on 28 November, Nigel spotted this orchid perched in a tree on the main path. He took some photos as we both thought it looked attractive perched in the mature tree. I assume its one of our native orchids – we’ve seen plants just like this perched on trees when we’ve been bush walking. Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand
There’s way more native orchids than I ever thought. If you’re interested, there’s a great website I found recently. Here’s a link to the INDEX PAGE to their photos.
Text by Liz, photos by Nigel; Exploring Colour (2018)
Exploring Colour 
I had no idea New Zealand is home to so many native orchids. They go a long way toward compensating for all the introduced species.
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This orchid chose such an interesting perch, Liz. It would be interesting to catch it while it is in bloom (I assume it will bloom?).
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We’re not at the park regularly enough to be likely to see it at the right time. I suspect the flowers would be small and cream and quite insignificant. There’s one type I’ve seen in the bush that is very fragrant however I don’t think its this one.
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I would love to see or smell an orchid in the wild. As I am typing these words, I actually remember that we do have a few species in Colorado, but they are tiny, grow on the ground, and are very rare (Fairy Slippers are pink, our favorite color 😊).
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Fairy Slippers is such a lovely name! 🙂
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A lovely name for a lovely plant, Liz. I think you would like it.
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I agree, neat. We don’t have Spanish moss, or bromeliads, or orchids like this, it is very attractive.
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Neat!
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Lovely delicate foliage! And that’s a great angle in the bottom photograph!
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I’ve been meaning to get these online since you and I were chatting about orchids, took me a while… thanks Ann!
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It’s amazing the variety that there is in orchid species! (And I have more orchid photos for another time….)
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