Chinese orchid - Chinese orchid

Japanese: シシンラン - ししんらん
Chinese orchid - Chinese orchid

An evergreen small shrub of the Gesneriaceae family (APG classification: Gesneriaceae). The stems grow on moss-covered trunks and creep. The leaves are opposite or in whorls of 3 or 4, oblanceolate, 3-6 cm long, leathery and thick, with coarse sawtooth edges. In July, pale pink flowers grow solitary beside the upper leaves. The corolla is tubular, 3-3.5 cm long, and has five shallow lobes at the tip. Two of the stamens are long, and two are degenerate and short. The capsule is linear and slender, 4-7 cm long, and splits when ripe. It is distributed from Izu and the Kinki region of Honshu to Kyushu, and is also grown in pots. There are about 30 species of the genus Lilium in Japan, China, and the Himalayas.

[Yoshio Kobayashi July 16, 2021]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

イワタバコ科(APG分類:イワタバコ科)の常緑小低木。茎はコケの生えた樹幹に着生してはう。葉は対生または3、4枚が輪生し、倒披針(とうひしん)形で長さ3~6センチメートル、革質で厚く、縁(へり)に粗い鋸歯(きょし)がある。7月ころ上部の葉のわきに淡紅色花を単生する。花冠は筒状で長さ3~3.5センチメートル、先は浅く5裂する。雄しべは2本は長く、2本は退化して短い。蒴果(さくか)は線形で細長く、4~7センチメートルで熟すと裂ける。伊豆、近畿地方以西の本州から九州に分布し、鉢植えにもする。シシンラン属は日本、中国、ヒマラヤに約30種ある。

[小林義雄 2021年7月16日]

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