Listera japonica




Family Orchidaceae
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Neottieae
Subtribe Listerinae (also placed in Neottinae)
Scientific name Listera japonica Blume
Synonyms Diphryllum japonicum (Blume) Kuntze; Listera japonica Blume forma albostriata Masamune; Listera japonica Blume forma longifolia Nackejima; Listera shikokiana Makino; Listera shaoii S. S. Ying; Neottia japonica (Blume) Szlachetko; Neottia shaoi (S. S. Ying) Szlachetko; Ophrys japonica (Blume) Makino; Ophrys shikokiana (Makino) Makino
Common name (Japanese common name) hime-futaba-ran (ヒメフタバラン, 姫二葉蘭 [meaning: tiny twin-leave orchid])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) China, Taiwan
Habitat Mountane wet foret
Chromosomal number 2n=38
Description Stems 5-30cm tall. Leaves 1-2cm long, 1-2cm wide. Flowers pale purple (Honshu type) or green (Okinawa type), sepals 3-6mm long, lips ca. 6-8mm long, flowerting in November to February (in Okinawa) or March to May (in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu). Terrestrial. Saprophytes.
Reference Neottia japonica (Blume) Szlach.
Neottia japonica (Blume) Szlachetko
Neottia japonica (Blume) Szlach. 1995
Chromosome numbers of the family Orchidaceae in Japan (4) (A. NATURAL SCIENCE)
Note Photos below are those of an orchid which was cultivated by Mr. Shunji Mitsuhashi in his greenhause.



(Okinawa type) (Okinawa type) (Okinawa type)
January 2010
at Mr. Mitsuhashi's greenhouse
January 2010
at Mr. Mitsuhashi's greenhouse
January 2010
at Mr. Mitsuhashi's greenhouse



(Okinawa type) (Okinawa type)
February 2010
at my home
February 2010
at my home



(Okinawa type)
late January 2010
at my home