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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Earina''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Epidendreae]]
| subtribus = [[Glomerinae]]
| genus = '''''Earina'''''
| genus_authority = [[John Lindley|Lindl.]], 1834
| type_species = ''[[Earina mucronata]]''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 
The 3 New Zealand species:
*''[[Earina aestivalis]]''
*''[[Earina autumnalis]]''
*''[[Earina mucronata]]''
}}

'''''Earina''''' is a [[genus]] of [[orchid]]s ([[family (biology)|family]] Orchidaceae), comprising of approximately 10 species.  Three [[endemism|endemic]] species are found in [[New Zealand]], five in [[New Caledonia]], and also in [[Tahiti]], [[Samoa]] and [[Fiji]].

The New Zealand species are all [[epiphyte|epiphytic]], or sometimes [[lithophyte|lithophytic]], found growing on mossy trunks in the rain forests of both the North and South Islands.  The strap shaped leaves grow from pendulous wire thin [[pseudobulb|pseudobulbs]] that arise from creeping [[rhizome|rhizomes]].  ''Earina mucronata'' flowers mainly in the spring, whereas ''Earina autumnalis'', as its name suggests, flowers in the autumn - its flowers are fragrant.  The flowers are tiny, typically less than 1 [[centimetre|cm]] across, but are produced in abundance.  A large flowering specimen in [[the bush]] looks spectacular.

==External link==
*[http://www.nativeorchids.co.nz/ New Zealand Native Orchids]

[[Category:Orchid genera]]
[[Category:Orchids of New Zealand]]