Orchids of New Guinea

Goodyera rubicunda

Goodyera rubicunda (Blume) Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. (1839) Misc. 61

Synonyms:

Neottia rubicunda Blume, Bijdr. (1825) 408
- Type: Blume s.n. (Mt. Salak) (syn L 4x); s.n. (Mt. Gede) (syn L; iso P)
Georchis rubicunda (Blume) Rchb.f., Bonplandia 5 (1857) 35
Goodyera rubens Blume, Fl. Javae, n.s., 1 (1858) 36, pl. 9c, f. 29d, f. 1; Coll. Orchid. (1858)
Orchiodes rubicundum (Blume) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 675
Epipactis rubicunda (Blume) Eaton, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 21 (1908) 65
Neottia grandis Blume, Bijdr. (1825) 407
- Type: Kuhl & van Hasselt 45 (Bantam Prov.) (holo L)
Spiranthes grandis (Blume) Hassk., Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor (1844) 47
Goodyera grandis (Blume) Blume, Fl. Javae, n.s., 1 (1858) 36; Coll. Orchid. (1858) 43
Orchiodes grande (Blume) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 675
Epipactis grandis (Blume) Eaton, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 21 (1908) 64
Goodyera celebica Blume, Fl. Javae, n.s., 1 (1858) 36; Coll. Orchid. (1858) 43
- Type: Forsten s.n. (Celebes, Tondano) (holo L)
Orchiodes celebicum (Blume) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 675
Goodyera taitensis Blume, Fl. Javae, n.s., 1 (1858) 36; Coll. Orchid. (1858) 43
- Type: Hombron s.n. (Tahiti) (holo L)
Goodyera papuana Ridl., J. Bot. 24 (1886) 355
- Type: Forbes 64 (holo BM)
Epipactis papuana (Ridl.) Eaton, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 21 (1908) 65
Goodyera ochroleuca F.M.Bailey, Bot. Bull. Dept. Agric. Queensland 14 (1896) 15, p l.4
- Type: Brisbane cult. (MacGregor) s.n. (New Guinea) (holo BRI)
Goodyera triandra Schltr., Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 6 (1906) 298
- Type: Morrison s.n. (VIII-1896; Mt. Mac Donald, New Hebrides) (holo B, lost; iso AMES)
Epipactis triandra (Schltr.) Eaton, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 21 (1908) 66
Goodyera rubicunda (Blume) Lindl. var. triandra (Schltr.) N.Hallé, Fl. Nouv.-Caléd. Dép. 8 (1977) 532
Goodyera longibracteata Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formos. 4 (1914) 114, fig. 61 a-h
- Type: Tashiro s.n. (I-1913, Taiwan, Kusukusu)
Goodyera confundens J.J.Sm., Nova Guinea 12, 3 (1915) 192, pl. 64, 105
- Type: Versteeg 1070 (? 1071); Gjellerup 736; Bogor cult. (Djibdja) s.n.
Goodyera hispidula R.S.Rogers & C.T.White, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. South Australia 44 (1920) 112, pl. 6
- Type: White 603 (holo BRI)
Goodyera yaeyamae Ohwi, J. Jap. Bot. 13 (1937) 439
- Type: Koidzumi s.n. (Ryukyu Arch., Yonakuni Is.) (holo KYO)

Basionym: Neottia rubicunda

Terrestrial, erect, robust, c. 60-80 cm high. Rhizome stem-like, decumbent. Roots elongated, flexuose, villose. Stem leafy, terete, glabrous. Leaves erect-patent, obliquely elliptic, acuminate, at the base cuneate, glabrous on both sides, blade 10-15 cm long, near the middle 3.5-5 cm wide, petiole at the base strongly dilated stem cucullate-clasping, 4-6 cm long. Inflorescence glandulose-puberulous, with distant, lanceolate, acuminate scales, rachis densely many-flowered, elongated, up to 20 cm long, 1.5 cm diameter across the flowers. Floral bracts erect-patent, lanceolate, acuminate, glandulose-puberulous, usually somewhat shorter than the flowers, rarely somewhat longer. Flowers erect-patent. Median sepal ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, concave, outside glandulose-puberulous, 0.7 cm long. Lateral sepals patent, at the base ovate-oblong narrowed, falcate, narrowly obtuse, outside glandulose-puberulous, as long as the median sepal. Petals at the base linear-unguiculate, narrowly rhombic-lanceolate, subfalcate-oblique, narrowly obtuse, above the middle in front somewhat dilated, glabrous, along the inner margins adhering to and about as long as the median sepal. Lip erect, apex deflexed, cucullate, when flattened suborbicular, in front produced into a ligulate, obtuse lobe, inside up to above the middle densely covered with filiform appendages, 0.7 cm long, below the middle 0.5 cm wide, apical lobe 0.2 cm long. Column slender, 0.6 cm long, in front obtusely keeled, the sides not winged, glabrous. Anther oblongoid-cucullate, short acuminate, at the base cordate. Ovary subcylindrical, densely glandulose-puberulous with backwards-pointing hairs, c. 1.1 cm long. (After Schlechter, 1911-1914).

Habitat:

Terrestrial in lower montane forest. Altitude 0-1000 m.

Distribution:

Malesia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, New Guinea, The Philippines), Australia, trop. E Asia, Solomon Is., Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa.

Distribution New Guinea:

Papua (Indonesia); Papua New Guinea. See map

Cultivation:

Intermediate growing terrestrial, keep in shade.

Flowering time in the wild:

February, March, April, May, June, September, October.

Classification:

Family Orchidaceae
Subfamily Orchidoideae
Tribe Cranichideae
Subtribe Goodyerinae
Genus Goodyera
Section Otosepalum
Species Goodyera rubicunda

Literature:

Smith, J.J., Orchid. Java (1905) 121
Smith, J.J., Orchid. Java, Fig.-Atl. (1909) fig. 88
Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1911) 48, as Goodyera papuana Ridl.
Smith, J.J., Nova Guinea 12, 3 (1915) 193
Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 20, fig. 65, as Goodyera papuana Ridl.
Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 20, fig. 66
Smith, J.J., Nova Guinea 14, 3 (1929) 349, as Goodyera papuana Ridl.
Dockrill, A. W., Austral. Indig. Orchids 1 (1969) 100, fig.
O'Byrne, P., Lowland Orchid. Papua New Guinea (1994) 2, fig., as Goodyera grandis (Blume) Blume