Platanthera mandarinorum Rchb.f. 1852

Plant and Flowers Photos by © Natsui and his Japanese Flower Photo Website

Common Name The Mandarin Platanthera [refers to being found in China] in Japan Anbo-tonbo

Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]

Found in far eastern Russia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guanxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan in montane to subalpine forests as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with erect, slender stems carrying 1 to rarely 2, lower, large, elliptic, oblong, acute, amplexicaul and clasping below leaves and 2 to 4, smaller, bract-like, lanceolate leaves above that blooms in the spring on an erect, 2.4 to 8.8" [6 to 22 cm] long, 7 to 20 flowered, racemose inflorescence with lanceolate bracts

Synonyms *Habenaria mandarinorum (Rchb.f.) Herklots 1939; Habenaria pachyglossa (Hayata) Masam. 1968; Platanthera amamiana Ohwi 1937; Platanthera anboensis Masam. 1965; Platanthera delavayi Schltr. 1911; Platanthera mandarinorum f. brachycentron (Franch. & Sav.) M.Hiroe 1971; Platanthera mandarinorum f. elongatocalcarata Koidz. 1930; Platanthera mandarinorum subsp. formosana T.P.Lin & K.Inoue 1980; Platanthera mandarinorum subsp. hachijoensis (Honda) Murata 1966; Platanthera mandarinorum subsp. pachyglossa (Hayata) T.P.Lin & K.Inoue 1980; Platanthera mandarinorum subsp. winkleriana (Schltr.) Soó 1929; Platanthera mandarinorum var. amamiana (Ohwi) K.Inoue 1982; Platanthera mandarinorum var. brachycentron (Franch. & Sav.) Koidz. ex K.Inoue 1982; Platanthera mandarinorum var. delavayi (Schltr.) Soó 1929; Platanthera mandarinorum var. hachijoensis (Honda) Ohwi 1953; Platanthera mandarinorum var. macrocentron (Franch. & Sav.) Ohwi 1953; Platanthera mandarinorum var. masamunei K.Inoue 1982; Platanthera mandarinorum var. neglecta (Schltr.) F.Maek 1971; Platanthera neglecta Schltr. 1919; Platanthera oreades var. brachycentron Franch. & Sav. 1878; Platanthera oreades var. macrocentron Franch. & Sav. 1878; Platanthera pachyglossa Hayata 1914; Platanthera winkleriana Schltr. 1922

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Southern Ryukyu Islands Garay & Sweet 1974 as P anboensis; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce and Cribb 2002 drawing fide as Aorchis spathulata; Native Orchids of Shaanxi Shaanxi Science & Technology Press 2007 drawing fide as Orchis diantha;

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