Dactylorhiza aristata (Fisch. ex Lindl.) Soó 1962
Plant and Flowers in situ Hachimantai highland Japan
Plant and Flowers ensituPhotos courtesy of Natsui from Japan and his Japan Orchids Page
Common Name The Spiked Dactylorhiza - IN USA - Fischer's Orchid [German Botanist in Russian Far East early 1800's] In Japan Hakusan-chidori - Mt. Hakusan plover orchid
Flower Size
Found in Russia, Japan Korea, China, and the Aluetian Islands of Alaska in moist open tundra, meadows and bogs at sealevel to 800 meters as a miniature to small sized, cold growing terrestrial with 2–5, blade often purple-spotted or suffused with purple leaves and flowering in the spring and summer on an erect, terminal, 10 to 16" [25 to 40 cm] long, several flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, floral bracts the larger often suffused with purple, extending well beyond the flowers.
Synonyms Dactylorhiza aristata f. alba P.M.Br. 1995; Dactylorhiza aristata f. perbracteata (Lepage) Catling 1982; Dactylorhiza aristata f. rosea P.M.Br. 1995; Dactylorhiza aristata var. kodiakensis Luer & G.M.Luer 1972; *Orchis aristata Fisch. ex Lindl. 1835; Orchis aristata var. immaculata Makino 1932; Orchis aristata var. maculata Makino 1932; Orchis aristata var. perbracteata Lepage 1952; Orchis beeringiana (Cham.) Kudô 1922; Orchis latifolia var. beeringiana Cham. 1828;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of North America Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Orchis aristata; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 6 1998 photo as D aristata var. perbracteata ; Orchid Digest Vol 73 #1 2009 photo;
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