GOODYERA RODIGASIANA. Native of New Guinea. 
Leaves thick and fleshy. Pale green with a broad white stripe in the centre. 
GOODYERA ROLLISSONII. Native country not known. 
A beautiful, strong-growing species having large, heart-shaped leaves, rich dark 
green in colour, with margins, stripes and blotches of pale yellow on the upper side 
and beautifully purple on the under side. The only plants of this species which 
can be obtained are the artificially raised descendants from the original plant 
which was imported into England from an unknown source late last century. 
GOODYERA RUBROVENIA. Native of Brazil. 
A small growing plant, leaves bronzy-green with three coppery red bands. 
GOODYERA TESSELLATA. Native of North America. 
A dwarf species with ovate stalked leaves, dark green in colour, reticulated with 
pale green and white. The small white flowers are produced on slender erect spikes. 
GOODYERA VELUTINA. Native of Japan. 
Leaves purplish tinted on bottle-green marked with a central bar of silvery white, 
purple underneath. Flowers on short spikes, rose pink in colour. 
GOODYERA VIRIDIFLORA. Native of Rockingham Bay, N.Q. 
Stems from 6 to 12 inches high. Leaves on long pedicels green in colour. Flowers 
green, 
GRAMMANGIS 
I would suggest that the best way to grow the species in Sydney and Brisbane 
is in a heated glasshouse with a fish-pond in the centre, the plant being set in a pot 
or basket and suspended from the roof immediately over the fish-pond. 
Give copious water through the Summer months, reducing the quantity as the 
weather cools, but always keeping the atmosphere moist and the compost damp. 
(I have tried almost every other method without success. I believe that the above 
method has a reasonable chance of succeeding—but I still wonder whether the 
plant is worth the care involved—except as a curious novelty). 
In North Queensland (particularly in the lower altitudes and the coastal areas) 
the species should not offer so much difficulty, for it should be easier to give it 
something approaching natural conditions. 
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