Calanthe triplicata

Family	Orchidaceae
Subfamily	Epidendroideae
Tribe	Collabieae
Scientific name	Calanthe triplicata (Willemet) Ames
Synonyms	Alismorchis angraeciflora (Reichenbach f.) Kuntze; Alismorchis diploxiphion (Hooker f.) Kuntze; Alismorchis furcata (Bateman ex Lindley) Kuntze; Alismorchis gracillima (Lindley) Kuntze; Alismorchis veratrifolia (Willdenow) Kuntze; Amblyglottis flava Blume; Amblyglottis veratrifolia Blume; Bletia quadrifida Hooker f.; Calanthe angraeciflora Reichenbach f.; Calanthe bracteosa Reichenbach f.; Calanthe brevicolumna Hayata; Calanthe catilligera Reichenbach f.; Calanthe celebica Rolfe; Calanthe comosa Reichenbach f.; Calanthe corymbosa (Thouars) Lindley; Calanthe diploxiphion Hooker f.; Calanthe furcata Bateman ex Lindley; Calanthe furcata Bateman ex Lindley forma albolineata K. Nakajima; Calanthe furcata Bateman ex Lindley forma albomarginata K. Nakajima; Calanthe furcata Bateman ex Lindley forma brevicolumna (Hayata) M.Hiroe; Calanthe furcata Bateman ex Lindley forma textori (Miquel) M. Hiroe; Calanthe gracillima Lindley; Calanthe megalophora Franchet; Calanthe millotae Ursch & Genoud ex Bosser; Calanthe nephroglossa Schlechter; Calanthe odora Griffith; Calanthe orthocentron Schlechter; Calanthe perrottetii A. Rich; Calanthe proboscidea Reichenbachf.; Calanthe pubescens Ridley; Calanthe rubicallosa Masamune; Calanthe triplicata (Willemet) Ames forma albomarginata (K. Nakajima) K. Nakajima; Calanthe triplicata (Willemet) Ames var. angraeciflora (Reichenbach f.) N. Hallé; Calanthe triplicata (Willemet) Ames var. gracillima (Lindley) N. Hallé; Calanthe triplicata (Willemet) Ames var. minahassae Schlechter; Calanthe veratrifolia (Willdenow) R. Brown; Calanthe veratrifolia (Willdenow) R. Brown var. australis Linden; Calanthe veratrifolia (Willdenow) R. Brown var. denisimma J.J. Smith; Calanthe veratrifolia (Willdenow) R. Brown var. dupliciloba J.J. Smith; Calanthe veratrifolia (Willdenow) R. Brown var. incurvicalca J.J. Smith; Calanthe veratrifolia (Willdenow) R. Brown var. kennyi F. M. Bailey; Calanthe veratrifolia (Willdenow) R. Brown var. lancipetala J.J. Smith; Calanthe veratrifolia (Willdenow) R. Brown var. stenochila Reichenbachf.; Calanthe veratrifolia (Willdenow) R. Brown var. timorensis J.J. Smith; Flos triplicata Rumphia; Limodorum ventricosum Steudel; Limodorum veratrifolium Willdenow; Orchis triplicata Willemet; Paracalanthe megalophora (Franchet) Miyabe & Kudô
Common name	(Japanese common name) tsuru-ran (ツルラン, 鶴蘭 [meaning: crane orchid])
	(English common name) Chinese ground orchid, Christmas orchid
Distribution	(Japan) Ogasawara Islands, Kyushu, Okinawa
	(Other nations) China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, India, Mariana Islands, New Guinea, Australia, Pacific Islands, Madagascar.
Chromosomal number	unknown
Description	Leaves 20-40cm long, 5-12cm wide. Scapes 40-80cm tall. Flowers white or pale purple lip petals 1.2cm long, flowering in July to October. Terrestrial. Perennial plants.
Reference	Calanthe triplicata [Rumph.] Ames 1907
Note	Rare species.
	Photo of Calanthe alismifolia × triplicata is that of an orchid which was cultivated by Mr. Masakuni Odakura and displayed at the 40th Anniversary Exibision 2011 of Tokyo Wild Plants Society (Orchid and Lily Group) in Ikebukuro Seibu.

March 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden	October 2006 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden	March 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden

December 2011 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden	December 2011 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden

cf. Calanthe alismifolia × triplicata

June 2011 at Ikebukuro Seibu