Family | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily | Epidendroideae |
Tribe | Podochilaeae |
Subtribe | Eriinae |
Scientific name | Eria corneri Reichenbach f. |
Synonyms | Dendrobium bonianum Gagnepain; Eria boniana (Gagnepain) Tang & F. T. Wang; Eria goldschmidtiana Schlechter; Eria petelotii Gagnepain; Eria septemlamellata Hayata; Eria yakushimensis Nakai |
Common name | (Japanese common name) oh-osa-ran (オオオサラン, 大筬蘭 [meaning: large osa-ran (osa-ran = eria japonica)]) |
(Chinese common name) ban zhu mao lan (半柱毛蘭) | |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Kyushu (south of Yakushima Island), Okinawa |
(Other nations) China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos | |
Hanitat | Mountane forest |
Chromosomal number | 2n=36 |
Description | Bulbs 3-6cm long. Leaves 2, each ca. 20-25cm long. Flowers pale yellow sepals ca. 8-11mm long, lip ca. 1cm long, inflorescences 8-25cm long, flowering in September to October. Epiphyte on old trees or lithophyte on mountane rocks. Evergreen. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Eria corneri Rchb. f. |
Eria corneri H. G. Reichenbach | |
Eria corneri Rchb.f. 1878 | |
Note | Photos at Shintomi Kumin kaikan 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 kaikan. |
October 2009 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
October 2009 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
October 2009 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
October 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
November 2009 at Shintomi Kumin kaikan |
November 2009 at Shintomi Kumin kaikan |