Goodyera procera (Ker Gawl.) Hook. 1823 SECTION Goodyera Photos courtesy of Natsui
Plant and Flowers in situ Cameron Highlands Malaysia Photos by © David Kuehn
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Common Name The Slim Goodyera - Japan - Kingin-so [Golden-silver weed]
Flower Size .08 to .12" [2 to 3 mm] wide
Found from Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, western Himalayas, Bhutan, Myanamar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Lesser Sunda Islands, The Philippines, China, Ryukyu Islands and Japan at elevations of 100 to 2400 meters in wet open mossy places among secondary grasslands and open shrubs,commonly along rocky stream valleys and on spring seepages as a small to large sized, hot to cool growing terrestrial species with a whitish stem enveloped completely by lanceolate, acute, acuminate, petiolate, basally clasping leaves, uppermost smaller than below that blooms in the early spring on an erect, to 8" [to 20 cm] long, many flowered, closely set, racemose inflorescence with 2 to 3 well spaced bracts and long-triangular, acute floral bracts and carrying flowers that do not open widely.
Synonyms Cionisaccus lanceolatus Breda 1829; Cordylestylis foliosa Falc. 1842; Epipactis parviflora (Hassk.) A.A.Eaton 1908; Epipactis philippinensis Ames 1908; Epipactis procera A.A. Eaton 1908; Goodyera carnea A. Rich. 1841; Goodyera lancifolia Franch. & Sav. 1878; Goodyera parviflora (Hassk.) Blume 1858; Goodyera philippinensis (Ames) Schltr. 1911; Leucostachys procera Hoffmanns. 1842; Neottia parvifolia Blume 1825; *Neottia procera Ker Gawl. 1822; Orchiodes parviflorum (Hassk.) Kuntze 1891; Orchiodes procerum (Ker Gawl.) Kuntze 1891; Peramium procerum (Ker Gawl.) Makino 1929; Spiranthes parviflora (Blume) Hassk. 1844
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Smith 1905; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Smith 1905 as G parviflora; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfadden & Smitnand 1959; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchids of Java Comber 1990; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; The Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; Orchid Flora of Kamrup District, Assam Iswar Chandra Barua 2001; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; 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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