Platanthera mandarinorum subsp. mandarinorum




Family Orchidaceae
Subfamily Orchidoideae
Tribe Orchideae
Subtribe Orchidinae
Scientific name Platanthera mandarinorum Reichenbach f. subsp. ophrydioides (F. Schmidt) K. Inoue
Synonyms Habenaria mandarinorum (Reichenbach f.) Herklots; Orchis japonica Thunberg ex A. Murray; Platanthera amabilis Koidzumi; Platanthera cornu-bovis Nevski; Platanthera delavayi Schlechter; Platanthera mandarinorum Reichenbach f. forma australis (Ohwi) K. Inoue; Platanthera mandarinorum Reichenbach f. forma brachycentron (Franchet & Savatier) M. Hiroe; Platanthera mandarinorum Reichenbach f. subsp. ophrydioides (F. Schmidt) K.Inoue; Platanthera mandarinorum Reichenbach f. subsp. ophrydioides (F. Schmidt) K.I noue var. monophylla (Honda) K. Inoue; Platanthera mandarinorum Reichenbach f. subsp. ophrydioides (F. Schmidt) K. Inoue var. monophylla (Honda) K. Inoue forma australis (Ohwi) K. Inoue; Platanthera mandarinorum Reichenbach f. subsp. winkleriana (Schlechter) Soó; Platanthera mandarinorum Reichenbach f. var. cornu-bovis (Nevski) K. Inoue; Platanthera mandarinorum Reichenbach f. var. cornu-bovis (Nevski) Kitagawa; Platanthera mandarinorum Reichenbach f. var. delavayi (Schlechter) Soó; Platanthera mandarinorum Reichenbach f. var. neglecta (Schlechter) F. Maekawa; Platanthera mandarinorum Reichenbach f. var. ophryodes Finet; Platanthera mandarinorum Reichenbach f. var. masamunei K. Inoue; Platanthera mandarinorum Reichenbach f. var. monophylla (Honda) K. Inoue; Platanthera ophrydioides F.Schmidt forma australis (Ohwi) Makino; Platanthera ophrydioides Reichenbach f. subsp. takedae (Makino) Soó; Platanthera ophrydioides Reichenbach f. var. amabilis (Koidzumi) Masamune; Platanthera ophrydioides Reichenbach f. var. australis Ohwi; Platanthera ophrydioides Reichenbach f. var. monophylla Honda; Platanthera ophrydioides Reichenbach f. var. takedae (Makino) Ohwi; Platanthera ophrydioides Reichenbach f. var. uzenensis Ohwi; Platanthera minax Schlechter; Platanthera neglecta Schlechter; Platanthera ophrydioides F. Schmidt; Platanthera platycorys Schlechter; Platanthera reinii Franchet & Savatier; Platanthera takedae Makino; Platanthera takedae Makino subsp. uzenensis (Ohwi) K. Inoue; Platanthera uzenensis (Ohwi) F. Maekawa; Platanthera winkleriana Schlechter
Common name (Japanese common name) kiso-chidori (キソチドリ, 木曽千鳥 [meaning: Kiso plover birds orchid (Kiso = an old name of Gifu prefecture)]), miyama-chidori (ミヤマチドリ, 深山千鳥 [meaning: high mountain plover birds orchid]), gassan-chidori (ガッサンチドリ, 月山千鳥 [meaning: Mt. Gassan plover birds orchid]), hashinaga-yama-sagi-sou (ハシナガヤマサギソウ, 嘴長山鷺草 [meaning: long spurs mountain helon weed]), hitotu-ba-kiso-chidori (ヒトツバキソチドリ, 一葉木曽千鳥 [meaning: single leaf Kiso plover birds orchid]), nagaba-no-kisotidori (ナガバノキソチドリ, 長葉木曽千鳥 [meaning: long leaved Kiso plover birds orchid]), oh-kiso-chidori (オオキソチドリ, 大木曽千鳥 [meaning: large Kiso plover birds orchid]), mai-sagi-sou (マイサギソウ, 舞鷺草 [meaning: dancing helon orchid])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea, China
Habitat Mountane or subalpine forest
Chromosomal number 2n=42
Description Plants 20-40cm tall. Leaves 2.5-12cm long, 1.5-5cm wide. Flowers pale green side sepals 5-8mm long, lip 6-8mm long, spurs 6-20mm long, flowering in July to August. Terrestrial. Perennial plants.
Reference Platanthera mandarinorum Rchb. f.
Platanthera ophrydioides F. Schmidt



July 2009
at Mt. Fuji
July 2009
at Mt. Fuji
July 2009
at Mt. Fuji



July 2009
at Mt. Fuji
July 2009
at Mt. Fuji
July 2009
at Mt. Fuji