Dienia ophrydis




Family Orchidaceae
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Malaxideae
Scientific name Dienia ophrydis (J. König) Seidenfaden & Ormerod
Synonyms Anaphora liparioides Gagnepain; Crepidium ophrydis (J. König) M.A. Clements & D.L. Jones; Dienia congesta Lindley; Dienia curranii (Ames) M.A. Clements & D.L. Jones; Dienia fusca Lindley; Dienia latifolia (J.E. Smith) M.A. Clements & D.L. Jones; Dienia montana (Blume) M.A. Clements & D.L. Jones; Dienia volkensii (Schlechter) M.A. Clements; Epidendrum ophrydis J. König; Gastroglottis latifolia (J.E. Smith) Szlachetko; Gastroglottis montana Blume; Glossochilopsis carnosula (Rolfe ex Downie) Szlachetko & Margońska; Glossochilopsis finetii (Gagnepain) Szlachetko; Gyrostachys plantaginea (D. Don ex Sprengel) Kuntze; Liparis bernaysii (F. Müller) F.M. Bailey; Liparis krempfii Gagnepain; Liparis turfosa Gagnepain; Malaxis carnosula (Rolfe ex Downie) Seidenfaden & Smitinand; Malaxis congesta (Lindley) Deb; Malaxis curranii Ames; Malaxis finetii (Gagnepain) Tang & F.T. Wang; Malaxis kizanensis (Masamune) Hatsusima; Malaxis latifolia J.E. Smith, non Blume; Malaxis latifolia J.E. Smith var. fusca (Lindley) Ames; Malaxis latifolia J.E. Smith var. nana S.S. Ying; Malaxis ophrydis (J. König) Ormerod; Malaxis parvissima S.Y. Hu & Barretto; Malaxis plicata Roxburgh; Malaxis shuicai S. S. Ying; Malaxis vietnamensis T.B. Nguyen & D.H. Duong; Malaxis vlokensii (Schlechter) Fosberg & Sachet; Microstylis bernaysii F. Müller; Microstylis carnosula (Lindley) Rolfe ex Downie; Microstylis congesta Reichenbach f.; Microstylis congesta Reichenbach f. var. fusca (Lindley) Ridley; Microstylis dalatensis Guillaumin; Microstylis finetii Gagnepain; Microstylis fusca (Lindley) Reichenbach f.; Microstylis ishigakensis Ohwi; Microstylis kizanensis Masamune; Microstylis latifolia (J.E. Smith) J.J. Smith; Microstylis latifolia (J.E. Smith) J.J. Smith var. fusca (Lindley) J.J. Smith; Microstylis rheedii sensu Richenbach f.; Microstylis trilobulata Kurz; Neottia plantaginea D. Don; Spiranthes plantaginea (D. Don) Sprengel
Common name (Japanese common name) hozaki-hime-ran (ホザキヒメラン, 穂咲姫蘭 [meaning: inflorescense hime-lan (hime-ran means a small orchid which belongs genus Malaxis)])
(Chinese common name) wu er zhao lan (無耳沼蘭)
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Okinawa
(Other nations) China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indochina, New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanca, Andaman Islands
Habitat Forest streamside
Chromosomal number 2n=26, 42
Description Leaves 4-5, 12-20cm long. Flowers inflorescences ca. 20-30cm long, yellow, green, brown or purple, lip ca. 2mm long, flowerting in October to November. Terrestrial. Perennial plants.
Reference Dienia ophrydis (J. Koenig) Ormerod & Seidenfaden
Dienia ophrydis (J. Koenig) Seidenf.
Dienia ophrydis
Dienia ophrydis (J.König) Seidenf., 1997
Malaxis latifolia Sm.
Malaxis latifolia Sm.
Taxonomic revision of Dienia (Malaxidinae, Orchidaceae)
Note Photos below are those of an orchid which was cultivated by Mr. Yuichi Toda and displayed at the monthly meeting of Tokyo Wild Plants Society (Orchid and Lily Group) in Shintomi Kumin-kan.



July 2011
at Shintomi Kumin-kan
July 2011
at Shintomi Kumin-kan
July 2011
at Shintomi Kumin-kan



July 2011
at Shintomi Kumin-kan