Goodyera foliosa var. laevis




Family Orchidaceae
Subfamily Orchidoideae
Tribe Cranichideae
Subtribe Goodyerinae
Scientific name Goodyera foliosa (Lindley) Bentham ex C. B. Clarke var. laevis Finet
Synonyms Goodyera foliosa (Lindley) Bentham ex C. B. Clarke var. laevis Finet forma albiflora N. Yonekura; Goodyera foliosa (Lindley) Bentham ex C. B. Clarke var. maximowicziana (Makino) F. Maekawa; Goodyera henryi Rolfe; Goodyera maximowicziana Makino; Peramium maximowiczianum (Makino) Makino
Common name (Japanese common name) (アケボノシュスラン, 曙繻子蘭 [meaning: dawn color satin orchid])
(English common name) none
Habitat Subalpine or mountane forest
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Korea, Taiwan
Chromosomal number 2n=42, 56
Description Plants 5-10cm tall. Leaves 2-4cm long, 1-2cm wide. Flowers 3-7 pale red purple or white (forma albiflora), bracts 7-15mm long, calyx lobes 8-10mm long, petals 8-10mm long, lip ca. 8-10mm long, inside of lip hairy, flowering in August to October. Terrestrial. Perennial plants.
Reference Goodyera maximowicziana Makino
Goodyera maximowicziana Makino
Goodyera foliosa (Lindl.) Hook. f.
Pollination of Goodyera foliosa var. maximowicziana (Orchidaceae) by the Bumblebee Bombus diversus diversus(Reproductive Biology)
A Preliminary Report on the Symbiotic Germination of Nine Japanese Terrestrial Orchids
Chromosome numbers of the family Orchidaceae in Japan (2) (A. MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCE)



Photo by Madame Popow Photo by Madame Popow
August 2007
at mountane forest
August 2007
at mountane forest