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| Photo by Madame Popow | Photo by Madame Popow | Photo by Madame Popow |
| June 2007 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |
June 2007 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |
June 2007 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |
| Family | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily | Vanilloideae |
| Tribe | Vanilleae |
| Scientific name | Lecanorchis hokurikuensis Masamune |
| Synonyms | Lecanorchis japonica Blume var. hokurikuensis (Masamune) T. Hashimoto |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) hokuriku muyo-ran (ホクリクムヨウラン, 北陸無葉蘭 [meaning: Hokuriku non-leave orchid (Hokuriku = an old name of Ishikawa Prefecture and neibour area)]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (Japan Sea side; north of Hokuriku region) |
| (Other nations) none | |
| Habitat | Mountane wet evergreen broadleaf forest |
| Chromosomal number | unknown |
| Description | Scapes 20-40cm tall. Leaves none. Flowers dark purple, sepals ca. 1.5-2 cm long and 3-4 mm wide, closed flower only (never open), flowerting in June to July. Terrestrial. Mycorrhizae plants. |
| Reference | Lecanorchis hokurikuensis Masam. |
| A Taxonomic Review of the Japanese Lecanorchis (Orchidaceae) | |
| Note | Endemic to Japan. |
| European people has often identified that Lecanorchis hokurikuensis Masamune is a synonym of Lecanorchis japonica Blume. But the identification is wrong. |
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| Photo by Madame Popow | Photo by Madame Popow | Photo by Madame Popow |
| June 2007 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |
June 2007 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |
June 2007 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |
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| June 2008 at Yukiguni Botanical Garden |
