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Hetaeria oblongifolia

Hetaeria oblongifolia

Hetaeria oblongifolia Blume, Bijdr. (1825) 410; Tab. & Pl. Jav. Orchid. (1825) t. 14 ('Etaeria')

Type: Blume s.n. (Java, Solassie Valley, Tjanjor Prov.) (holo L; iso K)

Synonyms:

  • Goodyera ovalifolia Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Or. 5 (1851) 16, t. 1730
    - Type: Wight? s.n. (Courtallum) (holo K)
  • Rhamphidia ovalifolia (Wight) Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1 (1857) 181
  • Hetaeria rubicunda Rchb.f., Bonplandia 3 (1855) 214 ('Etaeria')
    - Type: Cuming 2109 (Philippines) (holo W 1746; iso BM, K)
  • Rhamphidia rubicunda (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. in Seem., Fl. Vitiensis (1868) 294
  • Hetaeria rubicunda (Rchb.f.) Drake, Fl. Polyn. Franc. (1892) 218 (isonym)
  • Rhamphidia tenuis Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1 (1857) 182
    - Type: Cuming s.n. (Philippines) (holo K)
  • Hetaeria tenuis (Lindl.) F.M.Bailey, Syn. Queensland Fl. (1883) 522 (isonym)
  • Rhamphidia gardneri Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 4 (1861) 313
    - Type: C.P. (Gardner) 3425 (Ceylon, Central Prov.) (holo K, lost?)
  • Hetaeria gardneri (Thwaites) Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 3 (1883) 604
  • Hetaeria forcipata Rchb.f., Linnaea 41 (1877) 62 (
  • Monochilus vieillardii Rchb.f., Linnaea 41 (1877) 60
    - Type: Vieillard 1311 p.p., mix. (New Caledonia, Wapag, NOT Balade, Kanala) (holo W?)
  • Zeuxine vieillardii (Rchb.f.) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39 (1906) 55
  • Rhamphidia discoidea Rchb.f., Linnaea 41 (1877) 59
    - Type: Vieillard 1311 p.p., mix. (New Caledonia, Balade, Kanala, NOT Wagap) (holo P; iso BM, K)
  • Goodyera discoidea (Rchb.f.) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39 (1906) 57
  • Hetaeria ovalifolia (Lindl.) Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 3 (1883) 604
  • Hetaeria tenuis (Lindl.) F.Muell., Syst. Census Austral. Pl. (1883) 111
  • Hetaeria helferi Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 (1890) 115
    - Type: Helfer 464 (holo K)
  • Hetaeria samoensis Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1898) 199
    - Type: Walter s.n. (1875, Samoa) (holo CAM; iso K)
  • Goodyera erimae Schltr. in K.Schum. & Lauterb., Nachtr. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. Südsee (1905) 93
    - Type: Schlechter 13676 (holo B, lost)
  • Epipactis erimae (Schltr.) Eaton, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 21 (1908) 64
  • Hetaeria erimae (Schltr.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9 (1910) 89
  • Hetaeria discoidea (Rchb.f.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9 (1910) 89
  • Hetaeria similis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9 (1910) 88
    - Type: Vaupel 657 (syn B, lost; iso AMES, BISH, K); Rechinger 102 (Satana) (syn W); 1147 (Patamea) (syn W); 1884 p.p. (Aopo to Asau) (syn US, W)
  • Hetaeria pauciseta J.J.Sm., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11 (1912) 134
    - Type: Gjellerup 736 (p.p.) (holo BO)
  • Hetaeria raymundii Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 56 (1921) 453
    - Type: Raymundus s.n. (B, lost); Ledermann 14312 (B, lost)

Terrestrial. Stems erect, elongated, at the base creeping and rooting, fleshy, terete, 40 by 0.65 cm, c. 9-leaved. Leaves petiolate; petiole 3.3 cm long, sheath tubular; blade obliquely oblong, 9 by 3.9 cm, with three veins prominent below, apex acute, apiculate. Inflorescences racemose, erect, 23 cm long, laxly many-flowered, covered with downwards pointing hairs, peduncle-scales several, hairy, becoming smaller upwards. Floral bracts appressed, lanceolate, 0.75 cm long, apex pointed, outside pubescent. Ovary 0.6 cm long, not twisted, patent-pubescent, making a straight angle with the flower. Flowers not resupinated, 0.3 cm across, only slightly opening. Median sepal ovate, 0.4 cm long, patent-pubescent outside, concave, apex obtuse. Lateral sepals obliquely ovate, clasping the base of the lip, 0.4 cm long, patent-pubescent outside, apex obtuse. Petals oblong, unequal-sided, 0.3 cm long, 1-nerved, concave, somewhat wavy. Lip ovate in natural position, strongly concave, with a longitudinal grooved outside, base saccate, inside with a longitudinal keel and on either side with a few fleshy hair-like papillae, margins curved inwards, at the base touching the column, towards the apex touching each other, lip terminating in a small lobule. Column very short, in front with two parallel, narrow longitudinal lamellae with free prolonged apices; rostellum bidentate; stigma with 2 separate, cushion-shaped lobes. Anther short cordate, pointed. Pollinia 2, pear-shaped, with a longitudinal groove. (After Smith, 1905).


Sepals light green or brownish with white tips, petals white, lip yellowish white, to the apex light yellow, column greenish white .

Terrestrial in lowland forest.

Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, ?Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, New Guinea, Philippines, Australia, Solomon Islands, Carolines, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa.

Papua (Indonesia); Papua New Guinea. See map

distribution in New Guinea

Warm growing terrestrial, keep in shade in a humus-rich compost.

May, July, September, October.

  • Family Orchidaceae
  • Subfamily Orchidoideae
  • Tribe Cranichideae
  • Subtribe Goodyerinae
  • Genus Hetaeria
  • Species Hetaeria oblongifolia
  • Smith, J.J., Orchid. Java (1905) 113
  • Smith, J.J., Orchid. Java, Fig.-Atl. (1908) fig. 80
  • Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1911) 89, as Hetaeria erimae (Schltr.) Schltr.
  • Smith, J.J., Nova Guinea 12, 3 (1915) 191, t. 64, fig. 104, as Hetaeria pauciseta J.J.Sm.
  • Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 36, fig. 124, as Hetaeria erimae (Schltr.) Schltr.
  • Smith, J.J., Nova Guinea 18, 1 (1935) 13, as Hetaeria pauciseta J.J.Sm.
  • Dockrill, A. W., Austral. Indig. Orchids 1 (1969) 104, fig.
  • Lewis, B.A. & P.J. Cribb, Orchids of the Solomon Islands and Bougainville (1991) 41
  • O'Byrne, P., Lowland Orchid. Papua New Guinea (1994) 4, fig.
  • Ormerod, P., Oasis, suppl. 3 (2004) 7

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Hetaeria oblongifolia

Hetaeria oblongifolia Blume, flowers, photo E.F. de Vogel

Hetaeria oblongifolia

Hetaeria oblongifolia Blume, plant with inflorescence, in situ, photo E.F. de Vogel, from Papua New Guinea, Oro Prov.

Hetaeria oblongifolia

Hetaeria oblongifolia Blume, flowers, photo E.F. de Vogel

Hetaeria oblongifolia

Hetaeria oblongifolia Blume, drawing P. O'Byrne

Hetaeria oblongifolia

Hetaeria oblongifolia Blume, drawing P. O'Byrne

Hetaeria oblongifolia

Hetaeria oblongifolia Blume, drawing J.J. Smith, from den Berger 713

Hetaeria oblongifolia

Hetaeria oblongifolia Blume, drawing J.J. Smith, from Bogor cult. s.n.

Hetaeria oblongifolia

Hetaeria oblongifolia Blume, drawing J.J. Smith, from Robinson 1629

Hetaeria oblongifolia

Hetaeria pauciseta J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, from Gjellerup 736 (p.p.)

Hetaeria oblongifolia

Hetaeria pauciseta J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, from Gjellerup 736 (p.p.)

Hetaeria oblongifolia

Hetaeria erimae (Schltr.) Schltr., from Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 36, fig. 124

Hetaeria oblongifolia

Hetaeria pauciseta J.J.Sm., herbarium sheet, Gjellerup 736 (p.p.), holotype specimen (BO)