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| September 2009 at Mr. Mitsuhashi's green hause |
September 2009 at Mr. Mitsuhashi's green hause |
| Family | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe | Cranichideae |
| Subtribe | Goodyerinae |
| Scientific name | Kuhlhasseltia yakushimensis (Yamamoto) Ormerod |
| Synonyms | Anoectochilus yakushimensis Yamamoto; Cystopus humilis Fukuyama; Kuhlhasseltia integra (Fukuyama) T. C. Hsu & S. W. Chung; Pristiglottis humilis (Fukuyama) Fukuyama; Pristiglottis integra Fukuyama; Pristiglottis yakushimensis (Yamamoto) Masamune; Vexillabium humilis (Fukuyama) S. S. Ying; Vexillabium integrum (Fukuyama) S. S. Ying; Vexillabium yakushimense (Yamamoto) F. Maekawa |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) yakushima-hime-aridoshi-ran (ヤクシマヒメアリドオシラン, 屋久島姫蟻通蘭 [meaning: Yakushima Island tiny aridoshi-ran (aridoshi-ran = Myrmechis japonica)]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (Nagano Prefecture), Shikoku (Ehime Prefecture, Kochi Prefecture), Kyushu (Kagoshima Prefecture, Yakushima Island), Okinawa |
| (Other nations) China, Taiwan, Philippines | |
| Habitat | Mountane evergreen wet forest, streamside. |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=26 |
| Description | Plants electing 4-10cm tall (including inflorescences). Leaves 2-5, 0.7-2cm long, 0.5-1cm wide. Flowers white (or pale pink) lips 7-8mm long, flowerting in June to August. Terrestrial or Lithophyte on wet rocks. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Kuhlhasseltia yakushimensis (Yamam.) Ormerod 2003 |
| Kuhlhasseltia yakushimensis (Yamam.) Ormerod | |
| Kuhlhasseltia yakushimensis (Yamam.) Ormerod | |
| Vexillabium yakushimense (Yamam.) Maekawa | |
| Note | Rare species. |
| Photos below at Mr. Mitsuhashi's green house are those of an orchd which was cultivated by Mr. Shunji Mitsuhashi in his green house. |
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| September 2009 at Mr. Mitsuhashi's green hause |
September 2009 at Mr. Mitsuhashi's green hause |
