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| February 2008 at Kyoto Botanical Garden |
January 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
February 2008 at Kyoto Botanical Garden |
| Family | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe | Arethuseae |
| Subtribe | Bletiinae |
| Scientific name | Arundina graminifolia (D. Don) Hochreutiner |
| Synonyms | Arundina affinis Griffith; Arundina bambusifolia (Roxburgh) Lindley; Arundina cantleyi Hooker f.; Arundina celebica Schlechter; Arundina chinensis Blume; Arundina densa Lindley; Arundina densiflora Hooker f.; Arundina graminifolia var. revoluta (Hooker f.) A. L. Lamb; Arundina maculata J.J. Smith; Arundina meyenii (Schauer) Reichenbach f.; Arundina minor Lindley; Arundina pentandra Reichenbach f.; Arundina philippi Reichenbach f.; Arundina pulchella Teijsmann & Binnend; Arundina pulchra Miquel; Arundina revoluta Hooker f.; Arundina sanderiana Kränzlin; Arundina speciosa Blume; Arundina speciosa var. sarasinorum Schlechter; Arundina stenopetala Gagnep.; Arundina subsessilis Rolfe; Arundina tahitensis Nadeaud; Arundina wallichii Reichenbach f.; Bletia graminifolia D. Don; Cymbidium bambusifolium Roxburgh; Cymbidium meyenii Schauer; Cymbidium speciosum Reinwardt ex Lindley; Limodorum graminifolium (D. Don) Buchanan-Hamilton; Ophrys arundinacea Noronha |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) nariya-ran (ナリヤラン, 成屋蘭 [meaning: Nariya orchid (Nariya = a local area name in Okinawa)]) |
| (English common name) bamboo orchid | |
| Distribution | (Japan) okinawa (Iriomote Island, Ishigaki Island) |
| (Other nations) China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaya, Singapore, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, Sri Lanka | |
| Habitat | Wet field |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=40 |
| Description | Leaves 10-20cm long. Scapes 50-130cm tall. Flowers sepals 3cm long, lips 3cm long, flowerting in May to August. Terrestrial. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Arundina graminifolia (D. Don) Hochr. |
| Arundina graminifolia [D Don] Hochr. 1910 | |
| Note | In some areas (for instance in Hawaii), Arundina graminifolia may be invasive plants. However this species is being rare in Japan, due to over gathering. |
| Photos below at Tsukuba Botanical Garden are those of an orchid (Arundina graminifolia 'Jumbo Orchid') which was cultivated by Mr. Ei-ichi Ohishi and displayed at the Orchid Show 2008 in Tsukuba Botanical Garden. |
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| February 2008 at Kyoto Botanical Garden |
January 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
February 2008 at Kyoto Botanical Garden |
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| June 2006 at Singapore Botanic Garden |
June 2006 at Singapore Botanic Garden |
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| December 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
December 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
