Family | Orchidaceae |
Scientific name | Epipogium roseum (D. Don) Lindley |
Synonyms | Ceratopsis rosea Lindley; Epipogium africanus Schlechter; Epipogium dentilabellum Ohtani & S. Suzuki; Epipogium guilfoylii F. Müller; Epipogium kassnerianum Kränzlin; Epipogium kusukusense (Hayata) Schlechter; Epipogon makinoanus Schlechter; Epipogium nutans (Blume) Reichenbach f.; Epipogium nutans (Blume) Reichenbach f. var. celebicus Schlechter; Epipogium pooneranthum Fukuyama; Epipogium rolfei (Hayata) Schlechter; Epipogium sessanum S. N. Hegde & A. N. Rao; Epipogium sinicum C. L. Tso; Epipogium tuberosum Duthie; Galera kusukusensis Hayata; Galera nutans Blume; Galera rolfei Hayata; Galera rosea (D. Don) Blume; Gastrodia schinziana Kränzlin; Limodorum roseum D. Don; Stereosandra schinziana (Kränzlin) Garay |
Common name | (Japanese common name) tashiro-ran (タシロラン, 田代蘭 [Mr. Tashiro's orchid]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Australia, iji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Myanamar, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Ghana, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Zaire, Kenya, Uganda, Angola, Malawi | |
Chromosomal number | 2n=68 |
Description | Scapes electing 25-50cm tall. Flowers white ca. 1-2cm, flowering in May to July. Terrestrial. Mycorrhizae plants. |
Reference | Epipogium roseum (D. Don) Lindl. 1857 |
Epipogium roseum (D. Don) Lindl. | |
Epipogium aphyllum | |
Developmental processes of achlorophyllous orchid, Epipogium roseum : from seed germination to flowering under symbiotic cultivation with mycorrhizal fungus |
July 2008 at the Imperial Palace |
July 2008 at the Imperial Palace |
July 2008 at the Imperial Palace |
July 2010 at Meiji-Jingu Shrine |
July 2010 at Meiji-Jingu Shrine |
July 2010 at Meiji-Jingu Shrine |
July 2010 at Meiji-Jingu Shrine |
July 2010 at Meiji-Jingu Shrine |
July 2010 at Meiji-Jingu Shrine |