Earina aestivalis Cheeseman, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 1918, 11. 93 (1919).
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| Earina aestivalis Cheeseman, Photo by Wiel Driessen |
its native range is New Zealand North Island.
Latinh Name:
Earina aestivalis Cheeseman
Family:
Orchidaceae Juss.
Synonym:
No synonyms are recorded for this name.
English Name:
Bamboo orchid, peka-a-waka, spring earina (Pertaining to the summer), The Summer Flowering Earina
New Zealand name:
The Bamboo Orchid
Description:
Its panicle grows up to 10cm long with many flowers up to 10-14mm across. They are pale greenish-cream to greenish-yellow. The labellum is yellow-orange to deep apricot in colour. The labellum (or Lip) is part of an Orchid that serves to attract insects that pollinate the flower and acts as a landing platform for those insects. The labellum is a modified petal and can be distinguished from the other petals and from the sepals by its large size and its often irregular shape. It is not unusual for the other two petals of an orchid flower to look like the sepals so that the labellum stands out as distinct.
Distribution:
New Zealand North.
Ecological:
Coastal forest, where it is usually a low epiphyte on tree trunks and branches. Occasionally found on cliff faces and rock outcrops.
Flowering times:
Blooms in the later summer.
Flower size:
1.5 cm.
Cultivation:
Note:
Earina mucronata and this species are very similar but differ in the plant habit, E mucronata is a clumping plant and E aestivalis has an open growth habit.
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