Golden orchid - Golden orchid

Japanese: キンラン - きんらん

A terrestrial orchid (illustration) that grows under sparse forests and on the forest edges of low mountains. Its striking bright yellow flowers give it its Japanese name, Kinran, a reference to the flower's color. The plant is hairless. The rhizome is short and has many hard roots. The stem is 30-60 cm long and has 5-6 leaves that grow alternately. The leaves clasp the stem, are 7-12 cm long, 2-4 cm wide, elliptical to lanceolate, and have prominent vertical wrinkles. The flowers bloom in April and May, 3-10 in number, somewhat densely packed, about 1 cm in diameter, bright yellow, and rarely open. The bracts are triangular and much shorter than the ovary. The sepals and petals are about 1.5 cm long.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

低山の疎林下や林縁に生える地生ラン（イラスト）。鮮黄色の花が印象的であり，和名も花色にちなんで，金蘭とついた。植物体は無毛。根茎は短く，かたい根が多数ある。茎は30～60cm，葉を5～6枚，互生する。葉は茎を抱き，長さ7～12cm，幅2～4cmの楕円形～披針形，顕著な縦じわがある。花は4～5月，やや密に3～10個を咲かせ，直径約1cm，鮮黄色で，ほとんど開かない。苞は三角形で，子房よりずっと短い。萼片と花弁は長さ1.5cm前後。

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