Goodyera velutina




Family Orchidaceae
Subfamily Orchidoideae
Tribe Cranichideae
Subtribe Goodyerinae
Scientific name Goodyera velutina Maximovicz ex Regel
Synonyms Epipactis velutina (Maximovicz ex Regel) A. A. Eaton; Goodyera morrisonicola Hayata; Goodyera schlechtendaliana var. velutina (Maximovicz ex Regel) M. Hiroe; Orchiodes velutinum (Maximovicz ex Regel) Kuntze; Peramium morrisonicola (Hayata) Makino; Peramium velutinum (Maximovicz ex Regel) Makino
Common name (Japanese common name) shusu-ran (シュスラン, 繻子蘭 [meaning: beautiful cloths orchid]), birodo-ran (ビロードラン, ビロード蘭 [meaning: velvet orchid])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan
Habitat Mountane evergreen forest
Chromosomal number 2n=28
Description Plants 10-15cm tall. Leaves 2-4cm long, 1-2cm wide. Flowers pale brown, flowering in August to September. Terrestrial. Perennial plants.
Reference Goodyera velutina Maxim.
Goodyera velutina Maxim.
Goodyera velutina Maxim. ex Regel 1867
Goodyera velutina Maxim. ex Regel
Chromosome numbers of the family Orchidaceae in Japan (2) (A. MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCE)
Methods of creating dwarf phenotypes in plants (US Patent Application 20020194646)
Note Photos of variegatas below are those of an orchid which was cultivated by Mr. Masakuni Odakura and displayed at the monthly meeting of Tokyo Wild Plants Society (Orchid and Lily Group) in Shintomi Kumin kaikan.



April 2009
at my home
April 2009
at my home
April 2009
at my home






Variegatas



February 2010
at Shintomi Kumin kaikan
February 2010
at Shintomi Kumin kaikan