Family | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily | Epidendroideae |
Tribe | Collabieae |
Scientific name | Tainia laxiflora Makino |
Synonyms | Ascotainia laxiflora (Makino) C.D. Darlington & Wylie; Oreorchis laxiflora (Makino) Ito ex Makino; Tainia minor Hooker f. var. laxiflora (Makino) T. Hashimoto; Tainia laxiflora Makino var. piyananensis (Fukuyama) Masamune; Tainia piyananensis Fukuyama |
Common name | (Japanese common name) hime token-ran (ヒメトケンラン, 姫杜鵑蘭 [meaning: dwarf token-ran (token-ran = Cremastra unguiculata (Finet) Finet)]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Izu Islands, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Taiwan | |
Chromosomal number | 2n=36+B(0-9B, mode 2B) |
Description | Leaves 6-15cm long, 1.5-3cm wide. Scapes electing 20-35cm tall. Flowers yellow brown sepals and side petals 12-14mm long, lip petals white 8mm long, flowring in March to May. Terrestrial. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Tainia laxiflora Makino |
Tainia laxiflora Makino | |
A high occurrence of accessory chromosomal type inTainia laxiflora, Orchidaceae | |
Note | Rare species. |
March 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
March 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
March 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
March 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |