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Tepuna Quarry

Just 10 min. north of Tauranga.A great place to visit and see many Tropical and Subtropical plants including: Orchids,Bromeliads, Aloes, Agave, Fuchsia etc.

Tepuna quarry one of my favoritt places for ideas and inspiration
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Cymbidium loweanum growing as a Lithopyte,
in Tepuna Quarry.Just 10 min. north of Tauranga.

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Paphiopedilum insigne growing as a terrestrial
in Tepuna Quarry.
I've also seen this species growing in a garden atop a retaining wall on a property heading up the Kaimai's 20min out of Tauronga.

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Unknown Odontaglossum
Growing ar a lithophyt in
Tepuna quarry

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Unknown Zygopetalum
growing as a Lithophyt
in Tepuna quarry.

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A clump of Reed Stemed Epidendrums. Growing as
Lithophytes in Tepuna Quarry.

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Unknown Eppidendrum growing as an eppyphyt on a tree fern in
Tepuna quarry.

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A selection of bromeliads and treeferns growing as a Lithophyts in Tepuna quarry

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Sarcochilus ceciliae
growing on a punga stump

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