Cephalanthera erecta (Thunb.) Blume 1858
Flower Closeup Photos courtesy of Natsui from Japan and his Japan Orchids Page
Common Name The Erect Cephalanthera - In Japan - Gin-ran - The Silver Orchid
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in the far eastern Russia, Korea, Northern China, eastern Himalayas, Bhutan and Japan as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial orchid with an erect stem, carrrying several, plicate, elliptic, basally clasping, acute, graduating smaller towards the apex leaves and blooming on a terminal, erect, stout, inflorescence carrying a few to several flowers occuring in May.
Synonyms Cephalanthera erecta f. subaphylla (Miyabe & Kudô) M.Hiroe 1971; Cymbidium erectum (Thunb.) Sw. 1799; Epipactis erecta (Thunb.) Sw. 1805; Limodorum erectum (Thunb.) Kuntze1891; *Serapias erecta Thunb. 1784
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2007
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