Platanthera hologlottis Maxim. 1859

Plant and Flowers in situ in Japanese lowland marshPhotos by Takato NATSU from Japan and his Japan Orchids Page

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Common Name The Lobeless Platanthera in Japan - Mizu-chidori

Flower Size .8" [2 cm] Found in Eastern Siberia, China, Japan and Korea as a medium to large sized, cold growing terrestrial that blooms in the late spring and early summer on an erect, 4 t o8" [10 to 20 cm] long, several flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Habenaria glossophora W.W.Sm.1921; Habenaria neuropetala Miq.1866; Limnorchis hologlottis (Maxim.) Nevski 1935; Platanthera glossophora (W.W.Sm.) Schltr. 1924; Platanthera hologlottis var. glossophora (W.W.Sm.) K.Inoue 1983; Platanthera neuropetala (Miq.) Franch. & Sav. 1877

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

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