Goodyera reticulata (Blume) Blume 1858

Photos by © T C Hsu and the Taiwania 2020 vol.65 no.2 pp.237-248 - New and noteworthy orchids (Orchidaceae) discovered in Langbiang Plateau, southern Vietnam Tian-Chuan Hsu, Cheng-Wei Chen, Hsin-Chieh Hung, Nguyen Khanh Trinh Tram, Quang Cuong Truong, Hong Truong Luu, Chia-Wei Li 2020

Inflorescence

Plant and Flowers

Photos by Takato NATSU from Japan and his Japan Orchids Page

Full Shade Warm winter EARLYSpring

Common Name The Reticulated Goodyera

Flower Size 1/8"

Found in Vietnam, Java and Borneo in mixed oak/chestnut lower montane forests on sandstone ridges at elevations around 900 meters as a miniature sized, warm growing terrestrial with lanceolate, acute, greyish green with white to yellow reticulated leaves that blooms in the winter and early spring on a terminal, erect, 4 to 5.3" [20 to 24 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence carrying successive opening flowers with about half open at any one time.

Synonyms Epipactis reticulata (Blume) A.A.Eaton 1908; *Neottia reticulata Blume 1825; Orchiodes reticulatum (Blume) Kuntze 1891;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Smith 1905; Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Smith 1908 drawing ok; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Meded. Rijks-Herb. 53: 2 J J Smith 1925; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1927; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 3 1980 photo plant only; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 photo fide; The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Beaman, Wood, Beaman & Beaman 1993; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 1 O'Byrne 2001 photo ok; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 1 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 photo good; AOS Bulletin Vol 83 #11 2014 photo fide; Taiwania 2020 vol.65 no.2 pp.237-248 - New and noteworthy orchids (Orchidaceae) discovered in Langbiang Plateau, southern Vietnam Tian-Chuan Hsu, Cheng-Wei Chen, Hsin-Chieh Hung, Nguyen Khanh Trinh Tram, Quang Cuong Truong, Hong Truong Luu, Chia-Wei Li 2020 photos fide

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