Family | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily | Orchidoideae |
Tribe | Orchideae |
Subtribe | Orchidinae |
Scientific name | Habenaria pantlingiana Kränzlin |
Synonyms | Habenaria cirrhifera Ohwi; Habenaria longitentaculata Hayata; Habenaria polytricha (J.D. Hooker) Pradhan, non Rolfe; Habenaria polytrichoides Aver. Habenaria seshagiriana A.N. Rao; Habenaria stenopetala Lindley var. polytricha J. D. Hooker |
Common name | (Japanese common name) namera sagi-so (ナメラサギソウ, 滑ら鷺草 [meaning: non-hair heron grass]), ryukyu sagi-so (リュウキュウサギソウ, 琉球鷺草 [meaning: Okinawa heron grass]) |
(Chinese common name) si ban yu feng hua (絲瓣玉鳳花) | |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Kyushu (south of Amami-Ohshima Island), Okinawa |
(Other nations) China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Nepal, India | |
Habitat | Broad-leaved forest |
Chromosomal number | 2n=42, 42+2B |
Description | Plants 30-60cm tall. Leaves 8-15cm long, 1.5-4cm wide. Flowers white, sepals ca. 1cm long, spurs ca. 3cm long, flowering in August to October. Trrestrial. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Habenaria pantlingiana Kraenzlin |
Habenaria pantlingiana Kraenzl. | |
Habenaria pantlingiana Kraenzl.1900 | |
Habenaria pantlingiana Kraenzl. | |
Habenaria polytricha Rolfe | |
Habenaria polytricha | |
Note | Rare species. |
Sometimes in Japan, Habenaria pantlingiana has been mis-identified as Habenaria polytricha Rolfe, non (J.D. Hooker) Pradhan (Japanese common name: itohiki sagi-so (イトヒキサギソウ, 糸引鷺草)) | |
Photos below are those of an orchid which was displayed at the monthly meeting of Tokyo Wild Plants Society (Orchid and Lily Group) in Shintomi Kumin-kan. |
November 2011 at Shintomi Kumin-kan |
November 2011 at Shintomi Kumin-kan |
November 2011 at Shintomi Kumin-kan |