Family | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily | Orchidoideae |
Tribe | Orchideae |
Subtribe | Orchidinae |
Scientific name | Platanthera minor (Miquel) Reichenbach f. |
Synonyms | Habenaria japonica (Thunberg) A. Gray var. minor Miquel; Habenaria henryi Rolfe; Habenaria multibracteata W. W. Smith; Platanthera henryi (Rolfe) Kränzlin; Platanthera interrupta Maximowicz; Platanthera multibracteata (W.W. Smith) Schlechter; Platanthera sigeyosii Masamune |
Common name | (Japanese common name) oh-ba-no-tonbo-sou (オオバノトンボソウ, 大葉蜻蛉草 [meaning: broad-leaved dragonfly weed]), noyama-no-tonbo-sou (ノヤマノトンボソウ, 野山蜻蛉草 [meaning: wild dragonfly weed]) |
(Chinese common name) xiao she chun lan (小舌唇蘭) | |
(English common name) green cap orchid | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Sikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan | |
Habitat | Mountane forest |
Chromosomal number | 2n=42 |
Description | Flowers green sepals 6-7mm, mid-sepals 4-5mm, flowering in June to July and its size is 4-5mm, several to 20 piece flowers form an 10-20cm length inflorescence. Stem is 30-60cm and a broad leaf is 10 -20cm length. Terrestrial. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Platanthera minor (Miquel) H. G. Reichenbach |
Platanthera minor (Miq.) Rchb. f. | |
Platanthera minor (Miq.) Rchb. f. | |
Note | Rare species. |
July 2007 at mountane forest edge |
July 2007 at mountane forest edge |
July 2007 at mountane forest edge |
July 2007 at mountane forest edge |
July 2007 at mountane forest |
July 2007 at hillock forest |