Goodyera viridiflora (Blume) Blume 1858 SECTION Otosepalum Photo courtesy of Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website. and Flora Malesiana Vol III
Plant and Flowers Photo By David Kuehn ©
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Common Name The Heart-Shaped Goodyera
Flower Size 1/2" [1.6 cm
Found in Assam India, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, western Himalayas, Bhutan, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Moluccas, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Bismark, New Guinea, Solomon Islands,New Caledonia, Samoa, Vanuatu, Yunnan China, Queensland Australia, Japan, Taiwan and Ryukyu Islands on steep rocky slopes and in deep forests at elevations of 400 to 2200 meters as a creeping, small sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial orchid with 5 to 6, ovate, shortly pointed, slightly heart-shaped basally into a slender stem leaf that blooms in the fall on an erect, slender, 2 to 4" [5 to 10 cm] long, shortly pilose, 2 to 6 flowered, racemose inflorescence arising after the orchid has matured has 1 to 2 sterile bracts.
Synonyms Epipactis brachiorhynchos (Schltr.) A.A.Eaton 1908; Epipactis cordata (Lindl.) A.A.Eaton 1908; Epipactis viridiflora (Blume) Ames 1908; Erythrodes viridiflora (Blume) Schltr. 1905; Eucosia carnea Blume 1825; Georchis cordata Lindl. 1840; Georchis viridiflora (Blume) F.Muell. 1872; Goodyera arfakensis J.J.Sm. 1913; Goodyera brachiorhynchos Schltr. 1905; Goodyera carnea (Blume) Schltr. 1906; Goodyera cordata G. Nicholson 1885; Goodyera finetiana Kraenzl. 1928; Goodyera glauca Kranzl. 1929; Goodyera longirostrata Hayata 1914; Goodyera ogatai Yamam. 1927; Goodyera rosans J.J.Sm. 1927; Goodyera schlechtendaliana var. ogatai (Yamam.) M.Hiroe 1971; Goodyera subuniflora Ohwi 1937; Goodyera viridiflora var. ogatai (Yamam.) T.S.Liu & H.J.Su 1978; *Neottia viridiflora Blume 1825; Orchiodes cordatum (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Orchiodes viridiflorum (Blume) Kuntze 1891; Peramium longirostratum (Hayata) Makino 1929; Peramium ogatai (Yamam.) Makino 1929; Physurus viridiflorus (Blume) Lindl. 1857
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Smith 1905; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfadden & Smitnand 1959 as G cordata; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Woods 1992; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Indian Orchids a Guide to Identification and Culture Vol 1 Pradhan 1976 as Goodyera cordata; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchids of Java Comber 1990; Native Orchids of New Caledonia Societe' Neo-Caledonienne D' Orchidophile 1995; Lindleyana Vol 15 No 4 2000; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol III Shuiteman and de Vogel 2005; Orchids of Vietnam, Illustrated survey, part 1 Averyanov 2008; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Mountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2009 photo fide;
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