Family | Orchidaceae |
Subamily | Epidendroideae |
Tribe | Gastrodieae |
Subtribe | Gastrodiinae |
Scientific name | Gastrodia gracilis Blume |
Synonyms | Gastrodia dioscoreirrhiza Hayata; Gastrodia taiwaniana Fukuyama |
Common name | (Japanese common name) nayo-tenma (ナヨテンマ, 弱天麻 [meaning: weak tenma (tenma = Japanese pronunciation of a traditional Chinese medicine)]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (Chiba Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture, Aichi Prefecture, Hiroshima Prefecture), Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Taiwan | |
Habitat | Mountane wet evergreen bloadleaf tree forest. |
Chromosomal number | unknown |
Description | Plants electing 10-60cm tall. Leaves none. flowers 5-15, pale yellow 6-7mm long, flowering in June to July. Terrestrial. Saprophytes. |
Reference | Gastrodia gracilis Blume |
Gastrodia gracilis Blume | |
Gastrodia gracilis Blume | |
Note | Rare species |
Photo by Mr. Yoshiaki Kitada | Photo by Mr. Yoshiaki Kitada |
June 2008 at Chiba Prefecture |
June 2008 at Chiba Prefecture |