Platanthera stenoglossa Hayata 1914

Plant in situ Taiwan Photos by © Kinmatsu Lin and Kinamtsu's Realms

Common Name The Slim Lipped Platanthera - In China Xia Ban She Chun Lan

Flower Size .6" 1.5 cm]

Found in Japan, The Ryukyus and Taiwan in broad leaved forests at elevations of 300 to 1600 meters as a miniature to medium szied, hot to cool growing terrestrial with a tuberous, fusiform rootstock giving rise to an erect to ascending stem with a basal, tubular sheath and carrying a single, broadly elliptic to ovate elliptic, obtuse to acute apically,gradually narrowing into the basally clasping leaf that blooms in the spring on a ridged, 2 to 6" [5 to 15 cm] long, laxly 5 to 10 flowered inflorescence with 1 to 3, scattered, scale-like, lanceolate bracts and lanceolate, to ovate-lanceoalte, shorter than the ovary floral bracts

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide

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