Family | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily | Orchidoideae |
Tribe | Orchideae |
Scientific name | Gymnadenia camtschatica (Chamisso) Miyabe & Kudô |
Synonyms | Gymnadenia vidalii Franchet & Savatier; Neolindleya camtschatica (Chamisso) Nevski; Neolindleya camtschatica (Chamisso) Nevski forma leucantha Toyokawa; Neolindleya decipiens Kränzlin; Orchis camtschatica Chamisso; Platanthera camtschatica (Chamisso & Schlechtendal) Makino; Platanthera decipiens Lindley |
Common name | (Japanese common name) nobine-chidori (ノビネチドリ, 延根千鳥 [meaning: plover orchid with long roots]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea | |
Habitat | Subalpine forest |
Chromosomal number | 2n=40 |
Description | Plants electing 30-60cm tall. Leaves 4-15cm long, 3-8cm wide. Flowers pale purple (or merely white) lip ca. 6mm long, flowering in May to June. Terrestrial. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Gymnadenia camtschatica (Cham.) Miyabe & Kudô |
Microwave assisted rapid and economical process for the preparation of substituted phenylaldehydes from trans and cis-phenylpropenes: a commercial utilisation of toxic cis-isomer (US Patent 6544390/2003) | |
Note | Photo at Mito City Forest Park below is that of an orchid which was cultivated by Mr. Sadatoki Kubo and displayed at the Wild Plants Show 2009 in Mito City Forest Park. |
May 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
May 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
May 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
May 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
May 2009 at Mito City Forest Park |