Goodyera oblongifolia Raf. 1833 Photo courtesy of Travis Olsen

Plant Ensitu Mt. Tamalpais, Marin County, CA Photo by © Eric Hunt and his Flicker Orchid Photostream

Plant Ensitu Lizard Head Wilderness in the San Juan Mountain Range (near the town of Telluride) of south-western Colorado (at about 9,000- 9,500ft). Photo courtesy of Christopher Ohanian

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Common Name The Oblong Leaf Goodyera - The Giant Rattlesnake Orchid

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Found in Michigan and the western US as a cool to cold growing terrestrial that blooms in the late spring and summer

Synonyms Epipactis decipiens [Hkr.f] Ames 1908; Goodyera decipiens (Hooker) Piper Hubbard 1923; Goodyera menziesii Lindl. 1840; Goodyera oblongifolia f. reticulata (B.Boivin) P.M.Br. 1995; Goodyera oblongifolia var. reticulata B.Boivin 1951; Orchiodes decipiens (Hook.) Kuntze 1891; Peramium decipiens (Hook.) Piper 1906; Peramium menziesii (Lindl.) Morong 1894; Spiranthes decipiens Hook. 1839

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 29 No 5 1960 drawing; AOS Bulletin Vol 30 No 5 1961 drawing; Die Orchideen #5 17-20 tafel 6 Rudolph Schlechter 1971 drawing fide; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 1 1980 photo plant only; Orchid Digest Vol 46 No 6 1982 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 61 No 5/464 1992 photo; Schlechteriana Vol 4 No 4 1993; AOS Bulletin Vol 64 No 8 1995 photo;

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