Platanthera tipuloides (L.f.) Lindl. 1835

Plant and Flowers in situ JapanPhotos by Takato NATSU from Japan and his Japan Orchids Page

LATE MID

Common Name The Spider-Like Platanthera - In Japan - Hosoba-no-kiso-chidori - in USA - Aluetian Bog Orchid

Flower Size .3" [.9 cm]

Found in eastern Siberia, Aluetians, Japan, Korea and China as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial that blooms in the late spring through mid summer.

Synonyms Gymnadenia keiskei (Miq.) Franch. & Sav. 1878; Habenaria behringiana (Rydb.) Ames 1910; Habenaria keiskei Miq. 1866; Limnorchis behringiana Rydb.1901; *Orchis tipuloides L.f. 1782; Perularia whangshanensis S.S.Chien 1931; Platanthera behringiana (Rydb.) Tatew. & Kobayashi 1934; Platanthera keiskei (Miq.) Franch. & Sav. 1877; Platanthera mandarinorum var. oreades (Franch. & Sav.) T.Hashim. 1987; Platanthera matsumurana Schltr. 1906; Platanthera nipponica Makino 1902; Platanthera oreades Franch. & Sav. 1878; Platanthera sororia Schltr. 1906; Platanthera tipuloides f. nipponica (Makino) M.Hiroe 1971; Platanthera tipuloides subsp. linearifolia (Ohwi) K.Inoue 1982; Platanthera tipuloides var. behringiana (Rydb.) Hultén 1968; Platanthera tipuloides var. linearifolia Ohwi 1953; Tipularia camtschatica Spreng. 1826; Tipularia tipuloides (L.f.) Druce 1917; Tulotis whangshanensis (S.S.Chien) Hara 1955

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

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