Platanthera tipuloides (L.f.) Lindl. 1835
Plant and Flowers in situ Japan
Photos by Takato NATSU from Japan and his Japan Orchids Page
Drawing by Blanche Ames and his Native Orchids of North America: 56 Correll 1950
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Common Name The Spider-Like Platanthera - In Japan - Hosoba-no-kiso-chidori or Kobano-tomboso - in USA - Aluetian Bog Orchid - In China Tong Ju She Chun Lan
Flower Size .3" [.9 cm]
Found in eastern Siberia, Aluetians, Japan, Korea and China in dense forests on slopes, and forest margins along valleys a elevations of 700 to 1700 meters as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with a tuberous, narrowly fusiform to cylindric, elongate rootstock giving rise to a slender stem with a basal, tubular sheaths and carrying a single, oblong elliptic, obtuse, basally clasping leaf that blooms in the late spring through mid summer on a slender, 2.4 to 4.8" [6 to 12 cm] long, sparsely many flowered inflorescence with 2 to 3, foliaceous, ovate-lanceolate bracts and narrrowly lanceolate, basalones exceeding the ovary floral bracts carrying fragrant flowers.
Synonyms Gymnadenia keiskei (Miq.) Franch. & Sav. 1878; Habenaria behringiana (Rydb.) Ames 1910; Habenaria keiskei Miq. 1866; Habenaria tipuloides (L.f.) Benth. 1881; Limnorchis behringiana Rydb.1901; Orchis gracilis Fisch. ex Lindl. 1835; *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 nipponica Makino 1902; Platanthera oreades Franch. & Sav. 1878; Platanthera sororia Schltr. 1906; Platanthera tipuloides var. behringiana (Rydb.) Hultén 1968; Platanthera tipuloides var. sibirica Regel 1861; Platanthera tipuloides var. sororia (Schltr.) Soó 1929; Tipularia camtschatica Spreng. 1826; Tipularia tipuloides (L.f.) Druce 1917; Tulotis whangshanensis (S.S.Chien) Hara 1955
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Suppl. Pl.: 401 L. f. 1782 as Orchis tipuloides nom. cons.
Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 734 Spreng 1826 as Tipularia camtschatica nom. superfl.
* Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 285 Lindley 1835
Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 285 Fisch. ex Lindl. 1835 as Orchis gracilis pro syn.
Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 142 Regel 1861
Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 143 Regel 1861 as Platanthera tipuloides f. sibirica
Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 207 Miq. 1866 as Habenaria keiskei
Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 31 Franch. & Sav. 1877 as Platanthera keiskei
Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 513 Franch. & Sav. 1878 as Gymnadenia keiskei
J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 355 Benth. 1881 as Habenaria tipuloides
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 620 Rybd. 1901 as Limnorchis behringiana Drawing
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 2: 166 Schlechter 1906 as Platanthera sororia
Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 4: 91 Ames 1910 as Habenaria behringiana
Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 4: 94 Ames 1910 as Habenaria behringiana drawing fide;
Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 650 Druce 1917 as Tipularia tipuloides
Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 26: 363 Soo 1929 as Platanthera tipuloides var. sororia
J. Fac. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 36: 118 Tatew. & Kobayasi 1934 as Platanthera behringiana
Native Orchids of North America: 55 Correll 1950 as Habenaria behringiana
Native Orchids of North America: 56 Correll 1950 as Habenaria behringiana drawing fide;
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as P nippoica;
Ark. Bot., a.s., 7(1): 35 Hulten 1967 publ. 1968 as Platanthera tipuloides var. behringiana
Orchids of Southern Ryukyu Islands Garay & Sweet 1974;
The Native Orchids of the United States and Canada Luer 1975 drawing/photos fide;
Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide;
A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo ok;
Flora of China Vol 25: 104 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009;
N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 15: 78 P.M.Br., S.L.Stewart & Gamarra 2009 as Limnorchis tipuloides
N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 15: 78 P.M.Br., S.L.Stewart & Gamarra 2009 as Limnorchis tipuloides var. behringiana
Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations: 148 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing ok
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Platanthera tipuloides var. behringiana (Rydb.) Hultén 1967 publ. 1968
Photos by Carl Luer
Common Name The Behring Island Platanthera
Found in the Aleutian Islands in treeless, foggyheaths in moss covered ground as a small sized, cold growing terrestrial with a single, sometimes 2, sub-basal, elliptic-lanceolate, light green, basally clasping leaves with 1 to 2, lanceolate, foliaceous bracts above that blooms in the summer on an erect, spicate, to 20 flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, slightly longer than the ovary floral bracts.
Synonyms Habenaria behringiana (Rydb.) Ames 1910; *Limnorchis behringiana Rydb.1901; Platanthera behringiana (Rydb.) Tatew. & Kobayashi 1934;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 4: 91 Ames 1910 as Habenaria behringiana drawing fide;
Native Orchids of North America: 55 Correll 1950 as Habenaria behringiana
Native Orchids of North America: 56 Correll 1950 as Habenaria behringiana drawing fide;
The Native Orchids of the United States and Canada Luer 1975 drawing/photos fide;
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