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mid May 2009 at my home |
mid May 2009 at my home |
| Family | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe | Orchideae |
| Scientific name | Amitostigma gracile (Blume) Schlechter |
| Synonyms | Amitostigma chinense (Rolfe) Schlechter; Amitostigma formosana (S. S. Ying) S. S. Ying; Amitostigma yunkianum Fukuyama; Cynorkis chinensis Rolfe; Cynorkis gracilis (Blume) Kränzlin; Gymnadenia gracilis (Blume) Miquel; Gymnadenia gracilis (Blume) Miquel var. angustifolia Finet; Gymnadenia mitostigma Makino; Gymnadenia tryphiiformis Reichenbach f.; Mitostigma gracile Blume; Orchis formosensis S. S. Ying; Orchis gracilis (Blume) Soó; Orchis sooi S. S. Ying; Orchis yunkiana (Fukuyama) S. S. Ying |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) hina-chidori (ヒナラン, 雛蘭 [meaning: tiny orchid]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (Ibaraki Prefecture, west of Aichi Prefecture), Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan | |
| Habitat | Mountane wet forest. |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=42 |
| Description | Plants electing 5-15cm tall. Leaves single, 3-8cm long, 1-2cm wide. Flowers pale pueple or merely white, sepals ca. 2.2-2.5mm long, lips ca. 3.5mm long, spurs 1-1.5mm long, flowerting in June to July. Lithophyte on rocks. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Amitostigma gracile (Blume) Schltr. 1919 |
| Amitostigma gracile (Blume) Schltr. | |
| Note | Rare species. |
| Photos of white flower form below are those of an orchid which was cultivated by Mr. Shunji Mitsuhashi and displayed at the monthly meeting of Tokyo Wild Plants Society (Orchid and Lily Group) in Shintomi Kumin-kan. | |
| Photo of Chinese type flower form below is that of an orchid which was cultivated by Mr. Shunji Mitsuhashi and displayed at the Wild Orchid Show 2011 in Ikebukuro Seibu, Tokyo. |
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| mid May 2009 at my home |
mid May 2009 at my home |
mid May 2009 at my home |
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| early June 2009 at Shintomi Kumin-kan |
early June 2009 at Shintomi Kumin-kan |
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| mid May 2009 at my home |
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| early April 2009 at my home |
mid April 2009 at my home |
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| late April 2009 at my home |
late April 2009 at my home |
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| early May 2009 at my home |
early May 2009 at my home |
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| (Chinese Type) |
| June 2011 at Ikebukuro Seibu |
