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Earina autumnalis
Height: 0.2m;  Spread: 0.4m
Raupeka (Orchid)
An orchid with dark green grass like leaves that grows as an epiphyte in trees. It has white sweetly scented flowers. Very slow growing and very limited in avaliability.
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» Click here for our Earina article published in The Fringe, October 2016 ...
Photo gallery:
Earina autumnalis, Wainuiomata water catchment
In Ark in the Park, Waitakere Ranges. Photographed while setting bait lines.
The beautiful flower that says Autumn is here.
Earina autumnalis flowering in February in the Wellington hills
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