Pogonia japonica Rchb.f.

 Pogonia japonica Rchb.f., Linnaea 25(2): 228 (1852).

Pogonia japonica Rchb.f., Photo by 春及殿 Primavera

Family:

Orchidaceae.

Synonym:

Pogonia japonica f. lineariperiantha Satomi & T.Ohsawa

Pogonia kungii Tang & F.T.Wang

Pogonia parvula Schltr.

Pogonia similis Blume

English Name:

The Japanese Pogonia - Japanese Crested Ibis Weed - Japan - Tokisou (Toki is from the name of the bird, the colour of flower looks like Toki-bird.)

Chinese name:

Zhu Lan - 朱兰 

Description: 

Plants 10-20(-25) cm tall. Rhizome 10-20 × ca. 2 mm, with several, slender, elongate, slightly fleshy roots. Leaf oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 3.5-6(-9) × 0.7-1.7 cm, slightly fleshy, base contracted and amplexicaul, apex acute or obtuse. Floral bract positioned 4-8 cm above leaf, narrowly oblong, linear-lanceolate, or lanceolate, 15-25(-40) × 3-7 mm. Flower solitary, terminal, erect, not opening widely, pale pinkish purple to purple; pedicel and ovary 10-18 mm. Sepals narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, 15-22 × 2.5-3.5 mm, apex obtuse or acuminate. Petals similar to sepals, 14-22 × 3.5-5 mm, apex acuminate; lip narrowly oblong, 14-20 × 3-4 mm, slightly contracted toward base, obscurely 3-lobed above middle; lateral lobes triangular, ca. 0.8 mm, apical margin irregularly incised or fimbriate; mid-lobe ligulate to obovate, 6-13 × 3-4 mm, with 2 or 3 fimbriate-hairy crests, margin fimbriate-incised; disk with 2 or 3 longitudinal lamellae or ridges extending from base of lip and becoming continuous with hairy crests on mid-lobe. Column erect, 7-10 mm, slender. Capsule oblong, 20-25 × 5-6 mm. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jul-Oct. 2n = 18, 20. 

Distribution:

Amur, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Primorye, Sakhalin

Ecological:

In grasslands on hilltops, forest edges along valleys, moist thickets, and open moist places. It grows from 1,100–2,300 m.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the late spring.

Flower size:

4.5 cm.

Cultivation:

Climate: Intermediate

Air Circulation: Medium

Light: Medium

Humidity: Medium 

Type:

Ref:

orchidspecies.com

ipni.org

powo.science.kew.org 

efloras.org