Galearis camtschatica (Cham.) X.H.Jin, Schuit. & W.T.Jin 2014
Photos courtesy of Natsui from Japan and his Japan Orchids Page
Common Name The Kamchatscha Galearis [A Russian eastern territory] - In Japan Nobine-Chidori
Flower Size .8" [2 cm]
Found in eastern Russia, Japan and Korea as a just medium to large sized terrestrial orchid that blooms in the spring on a terminal, erect, many flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Gymnadenia camtschatica (Cham.) Miyabe & Kudô 1915; Gymnadenia decipiens (Lindl.) Schltr. 1919; Gymnadenia vidalii Franch. & Sav. 1878; Neolindleya camtschatica (Cham.) Nevski 1935; Neolindleya decipiens (Lindl.) Kraenzl. 1899; *Orchis camtschatica Cham. 1828; Platanthera decipiens Lindl. 1835; Platanthera camtschatica (Cham.) So 1969
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Gymnadenia decipiens;
Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 as Gymnadenia camtschatica; Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 77: 50 X.H.Jin, Schuit. & W.T.Jin 2014
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