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| March 2007 at Nagoya Dome |
March 2007 at Nagoya Dome |
| Family | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe | Collabieae |
| Scientific name | Calanthe bicolor Lindley |
| Synonyms | Calanthe discolor forma bicolor (Lindley) M. Hiroe; Calanthe discolor Lindley var. bicolor (Lindley) Makino; Calanthe striata R. Brown ex Lindley var. bicolor (Lindley) Maximovicz |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) takane ebine (タカネエビネ, 高嶺海老根 [meaning: high mountain ebine (ebine = Calanthe discolor)]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) unknown | |
| Habitat | Deciduous tree forest |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=40 |
| Description | Flowers flowering April to May. Terrestrial. Perennial plants |
| Reference | Calanthe bicolor Lindl. 1838 |
| Note | Calanthe bicolor Lindley is a natural hybrid of Calanthe discolor Lindley and Calanthe sieboldii Decaisne ex Regel. There are various flower patterns. Calante Takane and Calanthe sieboldii Takane are some of natural hybrids or artificial hybrids of Calanthe discolor Lindley and Calanthe sieboldii Decaisne ex Regel. |
| Photos below are of an orchid (Cal. bicolor 'Kyokko-nishiki') which was cultivated by Hoshun-en Nursery and displyaed at the Floer Dome 2007 in Nagoya Dome (Aichi Prefecture, Japan). |
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| March 2007 at Nagoya Dome |
March 2007 at Nagoya Dome |
