Family | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily | Epidendroideae |
Tribe | Podochilaeae (also placed in Dendrobieae) |
Subtribe | Bulbophyllinae |
Scientific name | Bulbophyllum inconspicuum Maximovicz |
Synonyms | none |
Common name | (Japanese common name) mugi-ran (ムギラン, 麦蘭 [meaning: wheat orchid]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) none | |
Habitat | Mountane wet evergreen forest |
Chromosomal number | 2n=38 |
Description | Leaves 1-3cm long, 6-8mm wide. Flowers pale yellow, bracts 2mm long, sepals 3-3.5mm long, flowering in June to July. Epiphyte on trunk of old trees or lithophyte on rocks. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Bulbophyllum inconspicuum Maxim. |
Bulbophyllum brevipedunculatum T. C. Hsu & S. W. Chung | |
Chromosome counts on thirty endangered plant species in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan | |
Note | Rare species. |
Photo at Meiji University below is that of an orchid which was cultivated by Mr. Masakuni Odakura and displayed at a lecture in Meiji University (Tokyo, Japan). |
May 2011 at Meiji University |
August 2009 at mountane streamside |