Eleorchis japonica (A.Gray) F.Maekawa

Japanese: アサヒラン(旭蘭) - アサヒラン（英語表記）Eleorchis japonica (A.Gray) F.Maekawa

A small orchid plant (illustration) that grows in marshes from the subalpine zone to the cool temperate zone. Its name, Asahiran, comes from its crimson-purple flower color. Its other name, Sawararan, comes from the fact that it grows in marshes. The leaves die in winter and the plant overwinters as a pseudobulb. The pseudobulb is about 6 mm in diameter and half-buried in sphagnum moss. One flower stalk and one leaf emerge from the base of the pseudobulb. The leaves are erect, linear-lanceolate, 6-15 cm long and 4-8 mm wide. The flower stalk is 10-30 cm tall and produces one or, rarely, two crimson-purple flowers that bloom in June and July. The sepals do not open flat, but are oblanceolate, 2-2.5 cm long.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

亜高山帯から冷温帯の湿原に生える小型のラン科植物（イラスト）。紅紫色の花色よりアサヒランの名がある。別名の沢蘭（さわらん）は湿原生であることによる。葉は冬に枯れ，偽球茎で越冬する。偽球茎は直径約6mm，ミズゴケ中に半ば埋まる。偽球茎の基部より1花茎と1葉を出す。葉は直立し，線状披針形，長さ6～15cm，幅4～8mm。花茎は高さ10～30cm，花は紅紫色で，1個まれに2個，6～7月ころ開く。萼片は平開せず，倒披針形，長さ2～2.5cm。

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