Family | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily | Orchidoideae |
Tribe | Orchideae |
Subtribe | Orchidinae |
Scientific name | Platanthera tipuloides (L. f.) Lindley |
Synonyms | Orchis tipuloides L. f.; Perularia whangshanensis S. S. Chien; Tipularia tipuloides (L. f.) Druce; Tulotis whangshanensis (S. S. Chien) H. Hara |
Common name | (Japanese common name) hosoba-no-kiso-chidori (ホソバノキソチドリ, 細葉木曽千鳥 [meaning: narrow leaved Kiso plover birds orchid (Kiso = an old name of Gifu prefecture)]) |
(Chinese common name) tong ju she chun lan (筒距舌唇蘭) | |
(English common name) Aleutian bog orchid | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Central region) |
(Other nations) Russia (eastern Siberia, Sakhalin, Kamchatka Peninsula), Korea, USA (Aleutian islands) | |
Habitat | Alpine or subalpine field, forest edge |
Chromosomal number | 2n=42 |
Description | Plants electing 20-50cm tall. Leaves 3-7cm long, 1-2cm wide. Flowers side sepals 3.5-4.5mm long, mid sepals 2.5-3.5mm long, lip petals 5-6mm long, spur drooping, 12-17mm long. flowering in June to August. Terrestrial. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Platanthera tipuloides (Linnaeus f.) Lindley |
Platanthera tipuloides (L. f.) Lindl. |
August 2006 at high mountain |
August 2006 at high mountain |
August 2006 at high mountain |
July 2005 at high mountain |
July 2005 at high mountain |