Goodyera oblongifolia Raf. 1833
Photo by Travis Olsen
Plant in situ Mt. Tamalpais, Marin County, CA
Photo by © Eric Hunt
Photo courtesy of Christopher Ohanian
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Common Name The Oblong Leaf Goodyera - The Giant Rattlesnake Orchid
Flower Size
Found in Michigan and the western US as a small sized, cold growing terrestrial that blooms in the late spring and summer on an erect, several to many flowered inflorescence
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 ; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Fascile 2 Ames 1908 as Epipactis decipiens; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as G menziesii photo ok; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1927 as G menziesii photo ok; AOS Bulletin Vol 29 No 5 1960 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 30 No 5 1961 drawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 5 257- 320 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1974 drawing fide; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 5 257- 320 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1974 as G menziesii; Native Orchids of the United States and Canada Vol 2 Luer 1975 drawing/photos fide; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 1 1980 photo plant only; Orchid Digest Vol 46 No 6 1982 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 51 #4 1982 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 61 No 5/464 1992 photo good; Schlechteriana Vol 4 No 4 1993; AOS Bulletin Vol 63 No 4 1994; AOS Bulletin Vol 64 No 8 1995 photo fide; Manual Of Orchids Stewart 1995; Orchid Digest Vol 65 #1 2001 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 79 #1 2010 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 80 #4 2011 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #2 2017 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 # 6 2019 photo fide;
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