Platanthera tipuloides




Family Orchidaceae
Subfamily Orchidoideae
Tribe Orchideae
Subtribe Orchidinae
Scientific name Platanthera tipuloides (L. f.) Lindley
Synonyms Orchis tipuloides L. f.; Perularia whangshanensis S. S. Chien; Tipularia tipuloides (L. f.) Druce; Tulotis whangshanensis (S. S. Chien) H. Hara
Common name (Japanese common name) hosoba-no-kiso-chidori (ホソバノキソチドリ, 細葉木曽千鳥 [meaning: narrow leaved Kiso plover birds orchid (Kiso = an old name of Gifu prefecture)])
(Chinese common name) tong ju she chun lan (筒距舌唇蘭)
(English common name) Aleutian bog orchid
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Central region)
(Other nations) Russia (eastern Siberia, Sakhalin, Kamchatka Peninsula), Korea, USA (Aleutian islands)
Habitat Alpine or subalpine field, forest edge
Chromosomal number 2n=42
Description Plants electing 20-50cm tall. Leaves 3-7cm long, 1-2cm wide. Flowers side sepals 3.5-4.5mm long, mid sepals 2.5-3.5mm long, lip petals 5-6mm long, spur drooping, 12-17mm long. flowering in June to August. Terrestrial. Perennial plants.
Reference Platanthera tipuloides (Linnaeus f.) Lindley
Platanthera tipuloides (L. f.) Lindl.



August 2006
at high mountain
August 2006
at high mountain
August 2006
at high mountain



July 2005
at high mountain
July 2005
at high mountain