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Serendipitous supply
When the Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust wanted to give a gift of plants, locally sourced from Rarangi Beach, east of Blenheim, they came to Oratia. Not only could we provide an eco-sourced species, it was also a plant which had since disappeared from the region!

This is the Trust's story.

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Pittosporum kirkii
Height: 1.5m;  Spread: 1.5m
Shrub
An epiphytic species with dark green leathery leaves. Yellow flowers (summer) and large black seed pods. Rare.
» Click here for more detailed information on epiphytes...
» For a landscaping perspective on Pittosporum kirkii, see this article by O2 Landscapes...
Photo gallery:
growing on a tree fern directly under a huge 3 x 3 female specimen in the canopy of a gaint rimu
growing on a fallan rata in the waitakere ranges