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| October 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
June 2009 at my home |
June 2009 at my home |
| Family | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe | Vandeae |
| Subtribe | Aeridinae |
| Scientific name | Luisia teres (Thunberg) Blume |
| Synonyms | Epidendrum teres Thunberg; Luisia botanensis Fukuyama; Luisia fauriei Schlechter; Luisia megasepala Hayata; Luisia teres (Thunberg) Blume var. botanensis (Fukuyama) T. P. Lin |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) bou-ran (ボウラン, 棒蘭 [meaning: stick orchid]), munin-bou-ran (ムニンボウラン, 無人棒蘭 [meaning: Ogasawara Islands stick orchid]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Kinki region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) China, Taiwan | |
| Habitat | Forest, seaside |
| Chromosomal number | unknown |
| Description | Stems 10-40cm long, 3-4mm across. Leaves 6-12cm long, 3-4mm across. Flowers 1-5, sepals 8-10mm long, green petals 10-13mm long, dark brown lip, flowring in July to August. Evergreen. Epiphytic on trunk of old trees or lithophyte on seaside rocks. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Luisia teres Blume |
| Luisia teres (Thunb.) Blume | |
| Luisia teres (Thunb.) Blume | |
| Luisia teres (Thunb.) Blume 1849 |
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| October 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
June 2009 at my home |
June 2009 at my home |
