Hetaeria oblongifoliaBlume

Hairy jewel orchidhairy jewel orchid

WFO wfo-0000981886 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Hetaeria oblongifolia, photographed by mattward
fig. a mattward, CC BY 4.0 / 2017-08-25 / obs. 10064671
Hetaeria oblongifolia, photographed by Rejoice Gassah
fig. b Rejoice Gassah, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32423148
Hetaeria oblongifolia, photographed by Rejoice Gassah
fig. c Rejoice Gassah, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32423149
Hetaeria oblongifolia, photographed by mattward
fig. d mattward, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 10064635
Hetaeria oblongifolia, photographed by mattward
fig. e mattward, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 10064637
Hetaeria oblongifolia, photographed by mattward
fig. f mattward, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 10064675
Hetaeria oblongifolia, photographed by mattward
fig. g mattward, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 10064682
Hetaeria oblongifolia, photographed by mattward
fig. h mattward, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 10064695

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Native range 34 botanical countries

Regions where Hetaeria oblongifolia is native: Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, Queensland, Caroline Is., Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Is. TaiwanAssamBangladeshBismarck ArchipelagoBorneoIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.Sri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamQueenslandFijiNew Caledonia Nansei-shotoAndaman Is.Nicobar Is.Caroline Is.NiueSamoaTongaVanuatuWallis-Futuna Is.
Native distribution of Hetaeria oblongifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Bismarck Archipelago BIS
Borneo BOR
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
Caroline Is. CRL PACIFIC
Fiji FIJ
New Caledonia NWC
Niue NUE
Samoa SAM
Santa Cruz Is. SCZ
Tonga TON
Vanuatu VAN
Wallis-Futuna Is. WAL
Nansei-shoto NNS ASIA-TEMPERATE
Ogasawara-shoto OGA
Taiwan TAI
Queensland QLD AUSTRALASIA

Not drawn on the map: Ogasawara-shoto, Santa Cruz Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for these regions, so they are listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 25 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Epipactis discoidea (Rchb.f.) A.A.Eaton
  • Epipactis erimae (Schltr.) A.A.Eaton
  • Goodyera discoidea (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
  • Goodyera discoidea Schltr.
  • Goodyera erimae Schltr.
  • Goodyera ovalifolia Wight
  • Hetaeria discoidea (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
  • Hetaeria erimae (Schltr.) Schltr.
  • Hetaeria forcipata Rchb.f.
  • Hetaeria helferi Hook.f.
  • Hetaeria micrantha Blume
  • Hetaeria nitida Ridl.
  • Hetaeria ovalifolia (Wight) Benth. & Hook.f.
  • Hetaeria ovalifolia (Wight) Benth. ex Hook.f.
  • Hetaeria pauciseta J.J.Sm.
  • Hetaeria raymundi Schltr.
  • Hetaeria rubicunda Rchb.f.
  • Hetaeria samoensis Rolfe
  • Hetaeria similis Schltr.
  • Hetaeria tenuis F.Muell.
  • Hetaeria tenuis (Lindl.) Benth.
  • Rhamphidia discoidea Rchb.f.
  • Rhamphidia ovalifolia (Wight) Lindl.
  • Rhamphidia rubicunda (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.

and 1 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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