Family | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily | Orchidoideae |
Tribe | Orchideae |
Scientific name | Ponerorchis curtipes (Ohwi) J.M.H. Shaw |
Synonyms | Chusua curtipes (Ohwi) P. F. Hunt; Orchis chidori (Makino) Schlechter var. curtipes (Ohwi) Ohwi; Orchis curtipes Ohwi; Ponerorchis chidori (Makino) Ohwi var. curtipes (Ohwi) F. Maekawa; Ponerorchis curtipes (Ohwi) Soó |
Common name | (Japanese common name) chabo-chidori (チャボチドリ, 矮鶏千鳥 [meaning: small chicken leaved plover bird orchid]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido (Kushiro) |
(Other nations) none | |
Habitat | Mountane forest. |
Chromosomal number | unknown |
Description | Plants 7-15cm tall. Leaves ca. 5-12cm long, ca. 1.5-3.5cm wide, bracts 4cm long. Flowers purple, sepals ca. 5-6mm long, lip petals ca. 8-10mm long, flowering in July to August. Epiphytic on mossy trunk of old trees. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Ponerorchis curtipes (Ohwi) J.M.H. Shaw |
Ponerorchis chusua (D. Don) Soó | |
Note | Rare species. Endemic to Japan. |
Photos below are those of an orchid which was cultivated by Mr. Masakuni Odakura and displayed at the monthly meeting of Tokyo Wild Plants Society (Orchid and Lily Group) in Shintomi Kumin kaikan. |
June 2009 at Shintomi-Kumin-Kaikan |
June 2009 at Shintomi-Kumin-Kaikan |
June 2009 at Shintomi-Kumin-Kaikan |
June 2009 at Shintomi-Kumin-Kaikan |