Goodyera foliosa

ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Goodyera foliosa (Lindl.) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke from Hong Kong – PKS-11 : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 3 authors.

Goodyera foliosa (Lindl.) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke, J. Linn. Soc., Bot.
25: 73 (1889).

Synonym:
Georchis foliosa Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 496 (1840).
Orchiodes foliosum (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 675 (1891).
Epipactis foliosa (Lindl.) A.A.Eaton, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 21: 64 (1908).
Goodyera secundiflora Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 393 (1851).
Cystorchis nebularum Hance, J. Bot. 21: 232 (1883).
Orchiodes secundiflorum (Griff.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 675 (1891).
Goodyera andersonii King & Pantl., J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 65: 127 (1896).
Goodyera foliosa var. laevis Finet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 47: 272 (1900).
Goodyera nebularum (Hance) Rolfe, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 45 (1903).
Epipactis nebularum (Hance) A.A.Eaton, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 21: 65 (1908).
Goodyera pachyglossa Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 117 (1914).
Peramium pachyglossum (Hayata) Makino, J. Jap. Bot. 6: 36 (1929).
Goodyera commelinoides Fukuy., Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan 32: 298 (1942).
Goodyera sonoharae Fukuy., Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan 32: 297 (1942).
Goodyera maximowicziana var. commelinoides (Fukuy.) Masam., Sci. Rep. Kanazawa Univ., Biol. 9: 127 (1964).
Goodyera maximowicziana f. commelinoides (Fukuy.) M.Hiroe, Orchid Flowers 2: 70 (1971).
Goodyera foliosa var. alba S.Y.Hu & Barretto, Chung Chi J. 13(2): 8 (1976).
Goodyera foliosa f. albiflora N.Yonez., J. Phytogeogr. Taxon. 32: 126 (1984).
Goodyera chilanensis S.S.Ying, Col. Ill. Indig. Orch. Taiwan 5: 592 (1995).

Distribution: China, India, Nepal, Japan, Korea, Mayanmar, Vietnam
Current pic taken in Hong Kong in wild.

Marvellous pics …, entire inflorescence covered with crystalline hairs..

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References:

The Plant List  e-monocot  Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal (As in bold at top)   Flora of China
IOSPE Photos India Biodiversity Portal