Orchis fauriei Finet 1808

Flower CloseupPhotos by Takato NATSU from Japan and his Japan Orchids Page

Common Name Faurie's Orchis [French Missionary and Plant Collector in Japan midd 1800's to early 1900's] - In Japan - Onoe-ran [mountain top orchid]

Flower Size .8" [2 cm]

Found only in Japan on South Honshu Island in craggy montane forests as a mini-miniature sized, cold growing terrestrial that blooms in the spring and summer

Synonyms Chondradenia fauriei (Finet) Sawada ex Maek. 1971; Chondradenia yatabei Maxim. ex Makino 1902; Galearis fauriei (Finet) P.F.Hunt 1971; Galeorchis chondradenia (Makino) Soó 1966; Orchis chondradenia Makino 1902; Orchis yatabei (Maxim. ex Makino) Makino 1948

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

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