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• 4: Friends of Te Henui
  • 4.1: Friends of Te Henui
  • 4.2: About NZ National walkway "Te Henui"
  • 4.3: Map of the walkway (Printable)
  • 4.4: Videos of the walks in the Te Henui Valley
  • 4.5: Aerial photograph showing tree positions, tracks and entrances.
  • 4.6: Native Trees & Shrubs (Taranaki)
  • 4.7: Native Trees & Shrubs not in Taranaki
  • 4.8: Hebes and their cultivars and hybrids
  • 4.9: Native Plants (Taranaki)
  • 4.10: Native Plants not in Taranaki
  • 4.11: Exotic Trees & Shrubs (Local)
  • 4.12: Exotic Plants (Local)
  • 4.13: Orchids (Local & NZ)
    • 4.13.1: Adelopetalum tuberculatum
    • 4.13.2: Corybas cheesemanii (Spurred Helmet)
    • 4.13.3: Dendrobium kingianum (Pink Rock)
    • 4.13.4: Diplodium alobulum (Greenhood)
    • 4.13.5: Drymoanthus adversus (Green Fleshy Tree Orchid)
    • 4.13.6: Earina aestivalis (Bamboo orchid)
    • 4.13.7: Easter Orchid (Earina autumnalis)
    • 4.13.8: Earina mucronata (Hanging Tree Orchid)
    • 4.13.9: Nematoceras (Corybas) iridescens
    • 4.13.10: Common Onion Orchid (Microtis unifolia)
    • 4.13.11: Nematoceras (Corybas) rivularis "Te Henui"
    • 4.13.12: Nematocarus (Corybas) trilobus

    • Current page is 4.13.13: Pterostylis aff montana

    • 4.13.14: Pterostylis banksii
    • 4.13.15: Pterostylis australis (Southern Greenhood (Southern Greenhood) Not local
    • 4.13.16: Thelymitra longifolia
    • 4.13.17: Thelymitra aff. pauciflora
    • 4.13.18: Winika cunninghamii
    • 4.13.19: Newspaper article on Nematoceras rivularis
  • 4.14: Ferns (NZ)
  • 4.15: Weeds & Escapee Plants (Local & NZ)
  • 4.16: Mushrooms,Fungi & Moulds (Local & NZ)
  • 4.17: Lichens (Local & NZ)
  • 4.18: Club Mosses (Local & NZ)
  • 4.19: Mosses (Local & NZ)
  • 4.20: Liverworts (Local & NZ)
  • 4.21: Maori names of Native Trees
  • 4.22: Traditional plant use by Maori
  • 4.23: Birds (Local)
  • 4.24: Butterflies and Moths (Local)
  • 4.25: Fauna (Local and NZ)
  • 4.26: Flies, Bees, Wasps (Local & NZ)
  • 4.27: Botanical Terms Explained
  • 4.28: Insects (Local and NZ)
  • 4.29: Snails,Slugs,Worms (Local)
  • 4.30: Spiders & Relations (Local)
  • 4.31: Local Historic Maori Sites
  • 4.32: Historical Maori Walkway Tour, Te Ara Puāwai o Te Hēnui
  • 4.33: Te Henui Vicarage (Historic Place)
  • 4.34: Kete Te Henui
  • 4.35: Forest and Bird Society Native Tree Planting
  • 4.36: Forest and Bird Restoration Project
  • 4.37: Working Bee Photos 8/3/10
  • 4.38: Local Activities
  • 4.39: Local Weed Removal
  • 4.40: NPCC Planting etc.
  • 4.41: Walkway Signs,etc.
  • 4.42: The Friends Gallery
  • 4.43: Environmental Monitoring Projects
  • 4.44: New Plymouth & Taranaki Web Links
  • 4.45: Contact Us
  • 4.46: Admin Login

Navigation

• 2: Friends of Pukekura Park
• 3: Taranaki Kiwi Trust

• 4: Friends of Te Henui

• 5: Nga Motu Marine Reserve Society
• 6: Royal Forest and Bird Society, Taranaki
• 7: Rotokare Scenic Reserve
• 8: New Zealand Herpetological Society

Pterostylis aff montana is a terrestrial tuberous herb. Plants grow up to 30cm high.
Leaves: Usually 4 - 6. Up to 15cm in length. Grass like.
The flower is a single. 2 - 3cm high. Green with translucent white stripes, sometimes with red in the dorsal & lateral sepals. Flower structures vary depending on the species. Labellum either twisted at the tip or straight. Dorsal & lateral sepals either short or long depending on the species. Ends of the lateral sepals are usually tubular.