Calanthe nipponica Makino 1898 Photo courtesy of of Rogier van Vugt © and his Orchid webpage.

Plant and Flowers Photos by © Takato NATSU

Common Name The Japanese Calanthe - In Japan Kin-Sei-Ran - In China Ji Xing Xia Ji Lan

Flower Size .2" [5 mm]

Found in Japan and Xizang China in forests at elevations around 2600 meters as a miniature to small sized, cold growing terrestrial with conical pseudobulbs carrying 4 to 5, narrowly oblong-lanceolate to oblanceolate, acuminate, slightly undulate margins, tapering below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms in the late spring on an axillary, erect, pubescent above, few flowered, 12 to 24" [30 to 60 cm] long, racemose inflorescence with lanceolate floral bracts

Synonyms Calanthe trulliformis var. hastata Finet ?

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 as C trulliformis drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 4 1958 drawing as C trulliformis; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo ok; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009;

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