DENDROBIUM CU N NINGHAMI I. 
.Native Name HiRI-turiti. 
A VERY large tropical Asiatic genus, of which one only is found in New 
Zealand. D. Cunninghamii is a tufted epiphyte with masses of cylindrical white 
roots and slender stems growing on trunks of trees. Throughout the Islands 
as far south as Stewart’s. Island. Hook. fil. It grows near the top of Rangitoto 
and also at the Great Barrier Islands, Auckland Harbour. It flowers in 
December. 
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