Bodhran - Bodhran

Japanese: ボウラン - ぼうらん

An evergreen epiphytic orchid. Its Japanese name comes from its rod-shaped leaves. The stems are wrapped in leaf sheaths. The leaves are alternate in two rows, slender and cylindrical, about 10 cm long and 3-4 mm in diameter. In July and August, 1-4 flowers appear in the leaf axils. The flowers are about 1 cm in diameter, and the sepals and petals are pale green. The lip petal is blackish brown with small lateral lobes at the base, and the central lobe is shallowly bisected at the tip. There is no spur. It is found in western Japan west of central Honshu, the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and China, and grows on trees in warm temperate forests.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

常緑の着生ラン。葉が棒状であるため，この和名がつけられた。茎は葉鞘（ようしよう）に包まれている。葉は2列に互生し，細長い円柱状，長さ10cm前後，径3～4mm。7～8月，葉腋（ようえき）に1～4花をつける。花は径1cm前後，萼片と花弁は淡緑色。唇弁は黒褐色をおび，基部に小さな側裂片があり，中裂片は先端で浅く2裂する。距はない。本州中部以西の西日本，琉球，台湾，中国に分布し，暖温帯林の樹上に着生する。

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