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Goodyera fusca (Lindl.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 112 1890. (Syn: Cystorchis fusca (Lindl.) Benth. & Hook.f.; Epipactis fusca (Lindl.) A.A.Eaton; Goodyera fusca Lindl.; Hetaeria fusca Lindl.; Orchiodes fuscum (Lindl.) Kuntze);
Dusky Goodyera;
    ORCHIDACEAE Fortnight Goodyera fusca from Uttarakhand DSR_1 : 1 image. 4 posts by 4 authors.Goodyera fusca is an alpine ground orchid reaching up to the altitude of 3800m in Garhwal.
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grows on grassy slopes with lower leaves making a rosette of few leaves close to the ground. Flowering scape may reach up to 20 cm. More interestingly, the new rosettes formed adjacent to older ones in late season survive as such under the snow during entire winter season The photograph is of poor quality as it is a copy of my old optical photo taken in 2000.
Nice Beautiful plant. This is actually around Tunganath too … ORCHIDACEAE Fortnight: Goodyera fusca at 4000m altitude from Uttarakhand DSR_11 : Attachments (3). 7 posts by 6 authors.
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Orchid for ID_201010_RKC_02 : Attachments (2). 4 posts by 2 authors.
Date of coll: Aug, 2010
Place of Coll.: On way to Churdhar, Himachal Pradesh (ca 2000m)
Goodyera fusca (Lindl.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 112 (1890).
Syn:
Hetaeria fusca Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 491 (1840).
Cystorchis fusca (Lindl.) Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 3: 599 (1883).
Orchiodes fuscum (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 675 (1891).
Epipactis fusca (Lindl.) A.A.Eaton, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 21: 64 (1908).
Distribution: China, Tibet, Eastern Himalaya, Nepal, Uttarakhand, Mayanmar.
This may be new record for Himachal Pradesh. Please check the BSI flora.
References:
The Plant List Annotated checklist of the flowering plants of Nepal (In bold at the top) Flora of China Flowers of India India Biodiversity Portal Lectotypifications in Goodyera (Orchidaceae) – Iaat.org.in (pdf- 2010)
