Lecanorchis japonica




Family Orchidaceae
Subfamily Vanilloideae
Tribe Vanilleae
Scientific name Lecanorchis japonica Blume
Synonyms Lecanorchis cerina Fukuyama; Lecanorchis cerina Fukuyama forma albida (T. P. Lin) S. S. Ying; Lecanorchis cerina Fukuyama var. albida T. P. Lin; Lecanorchis ohwi Masamune
Common name (Japanese common name) muyo-ran (ムヨウラン, 無葉蘭 [meaning: non-leave orchid])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Taiwan
Habitat Mountane wet evergreen broadleaf forest
Chromosomal number n=18, 2n=36
Description Scapes 30-40cm tall. Leaves none. Flowers pale gray yellow (young flower) or pale brown yellow (old flower), sepals ca. 2 cm long,, flowerting in May to June. Terrestrial. Mycorrhizae plants.
Reference Lecanorchis japonica
Lecanorchis japonica
Lecanorchis japonica
A Taxonomic Review of the Japanese Lecanorchis (Orchidaceae)



June 2009
at Mt. Tsukuba
June 2009
at Mt. Tsukuba
June 2009
at Mt. Tsukuba



June 2009
at Mt. Tsukuba
June 2009
at Mt. Tsukuba
June 2009
at Mt. Tsukuba



June 2009
at Mt. Tsukuba
June 2009
at Mt. Tsukuba