Goodyera vittata

 Goodyera vittata Benth. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 6(17): 113 (1890).

Goodyera vittata Benth. ex Hook.f., Photo by The Orchids of the Sikkim-Himalaya by Naresh Swami

its native range is Himalaya to SE. Tibet.

Latin Name: 

Goodyera vittata Benth. ex Hook.f.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Epipactis vittata (Lindl.) A.A.Eaton

Georchis vittata Lindl.

Orchiodes vittatum (Benth. ex Hook.f.) Kuntze

English Name:

The Striped Goodyera .

Chinese name:

Xiu Li Ban Ye Lan - 秀丽斑叶兰.

Description: 

Plants terrestrial, 10-16 cm tall. Rhizome slender, few noded. Stem erect, 4-6 cm, 5- or 6-leaved. Leaves widely spaced along stem, abaxially reddish purple, adaxially deep green with a white band along midvein, ovate, 1.5-2.5 × 1.2-2 cm, base rounded, apex acute; petiole-like base and tubular sheath 0.8-1 cm. Peduncle purple, 3-5 cm, glabrous, with 1 or 2 sterile bracts; rachis 3-5.5 cm, subdensely 10- or more flowered, secund; floral bracts pink, lanceolate, 9-12 mm, apex acuminate. Flowers opening weakly, pinkish white, medium-sized; pedicel and ovary cylindric-fusiform, 8-9 mm, glabrous. Sepals white at base, tinged pink toward apex, glabrous, 3-veined; dorsal sepal oblong-lanceolate, ca. 8 × 3 mm, concave, apex obtuse; lateral sepals ovate, oblique, ca. 8 × 4 mm, apex acuminate. Petals white, oblanceolate, slightly falcate, oblique, ca. 8 × 2.5 mm, 3-veined, apex obtuse; lip white, broadly ovate-lanceolate, ca. 8.5 × 5 mm, 7-veined; hypochile concave-saccate, inside papillose; epichile oblong-lanceolate, ca. 4.5 mm, with 2 longitudinal lamellae, apex subacute, slightly recurved. Column ca. 1 mm; anther ovoid-lanceolate, apex acuminate; rostellum ca. 4 mm, remnant deeply bifid.

Distribution:

East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya.

Ecological:

In rain forests, bamboo and oak jungles in hot valleys and rhodedendron forests at elevations of 1500 to 3000 m as a mini-miniature to small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial. 

Flowering times:

Blooms in the fall.

Flower size:

5.0 mm.

Cultivation:

Plants are usually grown in cool conditions. Keep plants in a shady area. Pot with a well drain medium composed of sand, fir bark, perlite, and soil. Plants should be kept evenly moist

Typus:

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/636230-1

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:636230-1

http://www.orchidspecies.com/goodvittata.htm.

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242422678

https://orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Goodyera_vittata