Family | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily | Orchidoideae |
Tribe | Orchideae |
Subtribe | Orchidinae |
Scientific name | Ponerorchis graminifolia Reichenbach f. var. micropunctata F. Maekawa |
Synonyms | Amitostigma kurokamianum (Ohwi & Hatusima) Ohwi var. micropunctata F. Maekawa; Orchis graminifolia (Reichenbach f.) Tang & Wang var.micropunctata F.Maekawa |
Common name | (Japanese common name) satsuma-chidori (サツマチドリ, 薩摩千鳥 [Satsuma plover orchid (Satsuma = an old name of Kagoshima Prefecture)]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Kyushu (Kagoshima Prefecture) |
(Other nations) none | |
Habitat | Mountane rocks. |
Chromosomal number | 2n=40 |
Description | Plants 7-20cm tall. Leaves 7-12cm long, 3-8mm wide. Flowers white or pink lip petals ca. 13mm long, flowering in June to August. Lithophyte. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Poneorchis graminifolia |
Ponerorchis graminifolia Rchb.f. | |
Ponerorchis graminifolia Rchb. f. | |
Ponerorchis graminifolia Rchb. f. | |
Capsules containing vital cells or tissues (US Patent 6982095/2006) | |
Cosmetic composition containing polyorganosiloxane-containing epsilon-polylysine polymer, and polyhydric alcohol, and production thereof (European Patent EP1604647/2008) | |
Cosmetic (Japanese Patent JP05070338/1993) | |
Artificial cultivation of wild orchid (Japanese Patent JP05260868/1993) | |
Method for culturing seedling of Orchis graminifolia (Japanese Patent JP06000038/1994) | |
Plant growth accelerator (Japanese Patent JP2001192312/2001) | |
Note | Rare species. Endemic to Japan. |
June 2009 at my home |
June 2009 at my home |
June 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
June 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |