hooded orchid

Directory

References

Discover

Close up of praying mantis walking on stone ground against a blurred background in Japan

6 Animals That Eat Their Mates

Aurochs. Bos primigenius. Skeleton. Extinct animal. Skeleton of an Aurochs, an extinct wild ox.

6 Animals We Ate Into Extinction

Germans from East and West stand on the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate in the November 10, 1989, photo, one day after the wall opened.

Timeline of the 1980s

The United States Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C.

14 Questions About Government in the United States Answered

Cathedrale St.Jean in Lyon, France has a 14th-century astronomical clock that shows religious feast days till the year 2019; Perpetual Calendar

Ten Days That Vanished: The Switch to the Gregorian Calendar

NBA Lakers Celtics Finals Kevin Garnett shooting.

10 Great Sports Rivalries

Periodical Cicada, Adult, Magicicada spp. Requires 17 years to complete development. Nymph splits its skin, and transforms into an adult. Feeds on sap of tree roots. Northern Illinois Brood. This brood is the largest emergence of cicadas anywhere

Why Do Some Cicadas Appear Only Every 17 Years?

hooded orchid

plant

Also known as: Pterostylis banksii

Learn about this topic in these articles:

distribution

In greenhood
The hooded orchid (P. banksii) is native to New Zealand, and the closely related king greenhood (P. baptistii) is from neighbouring Australia.
Read More