Hetaeria
(pronounced: het-ERR-ee-ah)
Classification
Cranichideae subtribe Goodyerinae
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Overview
Trailing terrestrials with prostrate rhizomes bearing erect stems. Leaves persistent, without an abscission layer, usually obliquely asymmetric. Inflorescences terminal, scapose, densely-flowered racemes. Flowers not resupinate, cupped. Sepals and petals free, the lateral sepals closely touching but not fused. Lip unlobed, saccate, with basal glands. Column short, with large wings, without a foot; pollinia two, deeply grooved.
Etymology
From the Greek hetaireia, meaning companionship, referring to the close relationships of these plants with those of the genus Goodyera and related genera.
Distribution
A genus of some 27 species ranging from India to the Philippines, New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia and Fiji.
Care and Culture Card
See basic growing conditions and care information below.
Grow plants of Hetaeria in a terrestrial mix in pots or shallow pans. Grow them under low to medium light levels, warm to warm-intermediate temperatures, and keep them evenly, lightly moist.
Literature
Adams, L. G. 1987. (881) proposal to conserve 1507 Hetaeria Bl. (Orchidaceae). Taxon 36(3):651-653. Hara, H. 1982. Materials for the distribution of vascular plants in Japan. 104. Hetaeria yakusimensis (Masamune) Masamune new to the Kii Peninsula of Honshu. J. Jap. Bot. 57:90. Sugaya, S. 1963. On the floral structure of Hetaeria shikokiana, a saprophytic orchid in Japan. Sci. Rep. Tokyo Univ., ser. 4, 29:381-387.
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