Amitostigma kinoshitae (Makino) Schltr. 1919

Plant and Flowers in situ JapanPhotos courtesy of Natsui from Japan and his Japan Orchids Page

Common Name Kinoshita's Amitostigma - In Japan Koani-Chidori

Flower Size .25" [8mm]

Found on Hokkaido and Honshu Island of Japan and the Kuril islands of Russia in montane forests as a miniature to small sized, cold growing terrestrial or lithophyte and blooms in the summer

Synonyms Amitostigma hisamatsui Miyabe & Tatew. 1937; *Gymnadenia kinoshitae Makino 1909; Orchis kinoshitae (Makino) Soó 1929

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

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