Yellow orchid - Yellow orchid

Japanese: キバナノショウキラン - きばなのしょうきらん
Yellow orchid - Yellow orchid

A saprophytic plant of the orchid family (APG classification: Orchidaceae). It is similar to the Japanese orchid, but its flowers are pale yellow. It produces many flowers, with 6 to 17 flowers, each about 2 cm in diameter, arranged rather densely. It also has a characteristic that its rhizome branches significantly. While the Japanese orchid is distributed somewhat biased toward the Sea of ​​Japan side, this species is distributed on the Pacific coast of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu west of the Kanto region.

[Ken Inoue May 21, 2019]

[Reference] | Shokiran | Saprophytic plant

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ラン科(APG分類:ラン科)の腐生植物。ショウキランに似るが、花が淡黄色である。花数も多く、径約2センチメートルの花を6~17個、やや密につける。根茎が著しく分枝する特徴もある。ショウキランが日本海側にやや偏って分布するのに対し、本種は関東地方以西の本州、四国、九州の太平洋側に分布する。

[井上 健 2019年5月21日]

[参照項目] | ショウキラン | 腐生植物

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