Giant jewel orchid
Goodyera rubicunda (Blume) Lindl.
Goodyera rubicunda, known as the giant jewel orchid, is an orchid species native to regions in India, Asia, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Queensland, and various Pacific Islands. It thrives in damp forest and rainforest environments.
Description
Goodyera rubicunda is a member of the Orchidaceae family and is characterized by three to six large, egg-shaped leaves and up to ten dull pink and white resupinate flowers that are hairy on the exterior. It is distributed across Assam, the Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, China South-Central, the East Himalaya, Fiji, Jawa, the Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, the Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, the Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, the Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, and Taiwan. The species was first described in 1839.
Other common names
Giant jewel orchid
Distribution
Assam · Bismarck Archipelago · Borneo · China South-Central · East Himalaya · Fiji · Jawa · Lesser Sunda Is. · Malaya · Maluku · Nansei-shoto · New Caledonia · New Guinea · Philippines · Queensland · Samoa · Solomon Is. · Sulawesi · Sumatera · Taiwan · Tonga · Vanuatu · Vietnam
Synonyms
Neottia grandisNeottia rubicundaOrchiodes celebicaOrchiodes grandeOrchiodes rubicundaPeramium longibracteatumPeramium longicolumnumRhamphidia rubicundaSpiranthes grandisSalacistis ochroleucaEpipactis grandisEpipactis ochroleucaEpipactis papuanaEpipactis rubicundaEpipactis triandraGeorchis rubicundaGoodyera anomalaGoodyera celebicaGoodyera confundensGoodyera grandisGoodyera grandisGoodyera hispidulaGoodyera longibracteataGoodyera longicolumnaGoodyera ochroleucaGoodyera papuanaGoodyera rubensGoodyera rubicunda var. amboinensisGoodyera rubicunda var. celebicaGoodyera rubicunda var. triandra