Family | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily | Orchidoideae |
Tribe | Orchideae |
Scientific name | Galearis fauriei (Finet) P.F. Hunt |
Synonyms | Chondradenia fauriei (Finet) Sawada ex Maekawa; Chondradenia yatabei Maximovicz ex Makino; Galeorchis chondradenia (Makino) Soó; Orchis chondradenia Makino; Orchis fauriei Finet; Orchis yatabei (Maximovicz ex Makino) Makino |
Common name | (Japanese common name) onoe-ran (オノエラン, 尾上蘭 [meaning: mountain top orchid]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (north of Central region) |
(Other nations) none | |
Habitat | Craggy place in alpine |
Chromosomal number | unknown |
Description | Plants 8-15cm tall. Leaves 5-12cm long, 1.5-4cm wide. Flowers white sepals 7-10mm long, lip petal 3.5mm wide, flowering in July to August. Terrestrial. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Galearis fauriei (Finet) P.F.Hunt |
Galearis fauriei (Finet) P.F. Hunt | |
Note | Native to Japan. |
May 2006 at my home |
May 2006 at my home |
Photo by Madame Popow |
June 2008 at Mt. Naeba |