Gymnadenia camtschatica




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