Goodyera biflora (Lindl.) Hook.f. 1890 SECTION Goodyera

Flower Closeup Photos courtesy of Rogier van Vugt © and his Orchid webpage

Common Name The Two Flowered Goodyera

Flower Size 1" [2/5 cm]

Found in the eastern Himalayas, Nepal, western Himalayas, China, Vietnam, Korea, Japan and Taiwan Primary evergreen broad-leaved wet forests on silicate rocks at elefvations of 1500 to 1800 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing terrestrial with 4 to 6, ovate to broadly ovate, acute, velvety dark green, reticulated with silver, shortly petilate base leaves that blooms in the spring on a sub-sessile, pubescent, .4" [1 cm] long, 1 to 3 terminal flowered inflorescence with glabrous to slightly hairy, ovate to obovate, shortly acute floral bracts.

Synonyms Epipactis biflora (Lindl.) A.A.Eaton 1908; Epipactis macrantha (Maxim.) A.A.Eaton 1908; *Georchis biflora Lindl. 1840; Goodyera biflora var. macrantha (Maxim.) T.Hashim. 1987; Goodyera macrantha Maxim. 1867; Peramium macranthum (Maxim.) Makino 1929

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Native Orchids of Shaanxi Shaanxi Science & Technology Press 2007 photo fide; Orchids of Vietnam, Illustrated survey, part 1 Averyanov 2008; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Mountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2009 photo collection sheet

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