Goodyera bifida (Blume) Blume 1858 Photos courtesy of André Schuiteman, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website

Flower Closeup Photo by © David Kuehn

Common Name or Meaning The Clefted Goodyeara

Flower Size 1/2" [1.2 cm]

Found in Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaysia, Sulawesi and Sumatra in lower montane forests at elevations around 1500 to 2100 meters as a medium sized, cool growing terrestrial orchid with an upright leafy stem carrying 4 to 6, ovate, acuminate, acute, gradually narrowing below into the petiolate, broadening base leaf that envelops the stem which blooms on a terminal, 3 to 4.4" [7 to 11 cm] long, 15 flowered inflorescence with leafy, lanceolate, acute floral bracts with successive opening flowers

Synonyms Epipactis bifida (Blume) A.A.Eaton 1908; Georchis bifida (Blume) Rchb.f, 1857; Georchis calva Lindl. 1857; *Neottia bifida Blume 1825; Orchiodes bifidum (Blume) Kuntze 1891; Orchiodes calvum (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1857 as Georchis bifida; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Smith 1905; Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Smith 1908 drawing fide; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 photo fide; The Orchids of Penninsular Mayasia and Singapore Seidenfaden & wood 1992 drawing ok; The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Beaman, Wood, Beaman & Beaman 1993; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2002 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 photo ok

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