Oosaran - Oosaran

Japanese: オオオサラン - おおおさらん
Oosaran - Oosaran

... The Eria genus is a group of large epiphytic orchids with over 500 known species found from India to Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. Although the flowers are small, they are beautiful and numerous, so several species are cultivated as tropical orchids. In Japan, there are two species, E. corneri Reichb.f. and E. ovata Lindl., which are distributed mainly in the Ryukyu Islands. They are closely related to the Dendrobium genus, but are distinguished by the fact that Eria has eight pollinia and Dendrobium has four. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Oosaran" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… オサラン属Eriaはインドから東南アジア,さらに太平洋諸島にかけて500種以上が知られている大きな着生ランの群で,花は小さいが多数つけ美しいため,熱帯ランとしていくつかの種が栽培される。日本にはオオオサランE.corneri Reichb.f.とリュウキュウセッコクE.ovata Lindl.の2種があり,主に琉球に分布する。セッコク(セキコク)属Dendrobiumに近縁だが,オサラン属は8個の,セッコク属では4個の花粉塊を有することで区別される。…

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