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| October 2009 at Mr. Mitsuhashi's green hause |
| Family | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe | Gastrodieae |
| Subtribe | Nervilliinae |
| Scientific name | Nervilia aragoana Commerson ex Gaudichaud-Beaupré |
| Synonyms | Aplostellis aragoana (Gaudichaud-Beaupré) Ridley; Aplostellis flabelliformis (Lindley) Ridley; Epipactis carinata Roxburgh; Nervilia carinata (Roxburgh) Schlechter; Nervilia flabelliformis (Lindley) Tang & Wang; Nervilia scottii (Reichenbach f.) Schlechter; Nervilia tibetensis Rolfe; Nervilia yaeyamensis Hayata; Pogonia carinata (Roxburgh) Lindley; Pogonia gracilis Blume; Pogonia flabelliformis Lindley; Pogonia nervilia Blume; Pogonia scottii Reichenbach f. |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) yaeyama-hitotsu-bokuro (ヤエヤマヒトツボクロ, 八重山一黒子 [meaning: Yaeyama Islands one leaf orchid]), aoi-bokuro (アオイボクロ, 葵黒子 [meaning: Hollyhock leaved orchid]) |
| (English common name) one-leaf orchid | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Okinawa |
| (Other nations) China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Niue, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futna, Marianas, Myanamar, Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan | |
| Habitat | Mountane evergreen forest |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=72 |
| Description | Bulbs 1-2cm across. Leaves 10-20cm wide. Scapes electing, ca. 20-40cm tall including inflorescences. Flowers pale green sepals ca. 1.5-2.5cm long, flowerting in May. Terrestrial. Winter green. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Nervilia aragoana Comm. ex Gaudich. |
| Nervilia aragoana Gaud. | |
| Nervilia aragoana Commons ex Gaudich. 1826 | |
| Studies on the Constituents of Orchidaceous Plants. I. Constituents of Nervilia purpurea SCHLECHTER and Nervilia aragoana GAUD. (1) | |
| Note | Photos below are those of an orchid which was cultivated by Mr. Shunji Mitsuhashi. |
| In ordinary, there is no leaf when it blooms. The plant of photos below might be an extraordinary exceptional blooming example. | |
| Rare species. |
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| September 2009 at Mr. Mitsuhashi's green hause |
September 2009 at Mr. Mitsuhashi's green hause |
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| September 2009 at Mr. Mitsuhashi's green hause |
