Goodyera lanceolata Ridl. 1903

Plant and FlowersPhotos by © James Comber and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Full shade WarmLATEFall EARLY Winter

Common Name The Spear Shaped Goodyera

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in Selangor Malaysia at elevations around 915 meters as a small sized, warm growing terrestrial with an erect stem carrying in the lower half, a few, narrowly lanceolate, acute , gradually narrowing below into the petiolate, basally clasping leaves that blooms in the late fall and early winter on a terminal, erect, whitish pubescent, dark green, 3" [7.5 cm] long, few flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Epipactis lanceolata (Ridl.) A.A.Eaton 1908

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Orchids Holttum 1957; The Orchids of penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing fide; Checklist of Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong O'Byrne, Saw & Chung 2017

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