Gastrochilus matsuran (Makino) Schlechter

Gastrochilus matsuran

Family	Orchidaceae
Subfamily	Epidendroideae
Tribe	Vandeae
Subtribe	Aeridinae
Scientific name	Gastrochilus matsuran (Makino) Schlechter
Synonyms	Gastrochilus rupestris Fukuyama; Saccolabium matsuran Makino: Saccolabium matsuran Makino forma epunctatus F. Maekawa; Saccolabium rupestre (Fukuyama) S. Y. Hu
Common name	(Japanese common name) matsu-ran (マツラン, 松蘭 [meaning: pine orchid]), beni-kaya-ran (ベニカヤラン, 紅榧蘭 [meaning: red kaya orchid (kaya = Japanese nutmeg tree = Torreya nucifera)])
Common name	(English common name) none
Distribution	(Japan) Honshu (south of Miyagi Prefecture), Shikoku, Kyushu
Distribution	(Other nations) Korea
Habitat	Evergreen tree forest
Chromosomal number	unknown
Description	Plants 1-3cm long. Leaves 7-20mm long, 3-5mm wide, purple spotted (merely non spotted (forma epunctatus)). Scapes 8-10mm long. Flowers pale yellow or pale green perianths ca. 3-3.5mm long, flowering in May to June. Growing epiphyte on trunk of trees. Perennial plants.
Reference	Saccolabium matsuran Makino
Reference	Gastrochilus matsuran (Makino) Schltr. 1919
Note	Rare species.
	Gastrochilus matsuran (Makino) Schlechter (Syn. Saccolabium matsuran Makino): non hair at edge of lip petals and round.
	Gastrochilus toramanus (Makino) Schlechter (Syn. Saccolabium toramanum Makino): non hair at edge of lip petals, lip petals divided to 3.
	Photo below at Tokyo Dome is that of an orchid (Gastrochilus matsuran forma alba 'Hime') which was cultivated by Nakayama Nursery and displayed at the Orchid Show 2009 in Tokyo Dome (Tokyo, Japan).


April 2009 at my home	April 2009 at my home	April 2009 at my home


'Hime'
February 2009 at Tokyo Dome