Identificaciones de dougalt

one of those things that's probably been in front of my face for the more than a decade I've been taking photos of the Tuatara in Zealandia, yet couldn't see them until I knew they existed.

Note all photos with 630mm effective lens, from tuatara sunbathing in the fenced area. No opportunities to take some horrifying macro photos :D

Single vine (the original (type) specimen) growing on Kunzea triregensis. At the time this observation was made the vine was being shaded out and was in danger of dying out. Our (Department of Conservation) 1991 field work involved careful pruning of the canopy to let in more light and tying up (on to cables) of the vines that were found trailing in the dense vegetation. As a result of these measures the vine flowered for the first time (since it was discovered in 1946) in 1995. However, seed set in the wild is still not happening, probably because the flowers are destroyed by kakariki (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae novaezelandiae)