Hetaeria oblongifolia




Family Orchidaceae
Subfamily Orchidoideae
Tribe Cranichideae
Subtribe Goodyerinae
Scientific name Hetaeria oblongifolia Blume
Synonyms Epipactis discoidea (Reichenbach f.) A.A. Eaton; Epipactis erimae (Schlechter) A.A. Eaton; Goodyera discoidea (Reichenbach f.) Schlechter; Goodyera erimae Schlechter; Hetaeria discoidea (Reichenbach f.) Schlechter; Hetaeria erimae (Schlechter) Schlechter; Hetaeria forcipata Reichenbach f.; Hetaeria helferi Hooker f.; Hetaeria micrantha Blume; Hetaeria pauciseta J.J. Smith; Hetaeria raymundii Schlechter; Hetaeria rubicunda Reichenbach f.; Hetaeria samoensis Rolfe; Hetaeria similis Schlechter; Hetaeria tenuis (Lindley) Bentham; Rhamphidia discoidea Reichenbach f.; Rhamphidia rubicunda (Reichenbach f.) Reichenbach f., not (Blume) F. Müller; Rhamphidia tenuis Lindley
Common name (Japanese common name) oh-kagerou-ran (オオカゲロウラン, 大蜉蝣蘭 [meaning: large mayfly orchid]), teriha-kagerou-ran (テリハカゲロウラン, 照葉蜉蝣蘭 [meaning: waxy leaved mayfly orchid])
(Chinese common name) ju ye fan chun lan (矩葉翻唇蘭)
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Okinawa
(Other nations) Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar, Andaman Islands, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Australia, Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Santa Cruz, Carolinas, Tonga
Habitat Mountane evergreen forest
Chromosomal number unknown
Description Plants 30-50cm tall. Leaves 4-6, 8-411cm long, 2.5-4.1cm wide. Flowers inflorescences 24-26cm long, flowering in May to August. Terrestrial. Perennial plants.
Reference Hetaeria oblongifolia Blume
Hetaeria oblongifolia Blume
Hetaeria oblongifolia Blume
Hetaeria oblongifolia Blume 1825
Note Rare species.



June 2010
at a private green house
June 2010
at a private green house
June 2010
at a private green house