Cephalanthera falcata (Thunb.) Blume 1859

Plant and Flowers in situ in Japan Photos courtesy of Natsui

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Common Name The Sicle-Shaped Leaf Cephalanthera - In Japan - Kin-ran [Golden orchid]

Flower Size

Found from SE. China, Korea, central and southerm Japan in montane, mixed pine and broadleafed forests cool to cold growing terrestrial species with sveral alternate, lanceolate, basally clasping leaves that blooms in the late spring on an erect, 4 to 6" long, several flowered, racemose inflorescence

Synonyms Cymbidium falcatum Sw. 1799; Epipactis falcata Sw. 1805; Limodorum falcatum Thunb. 1794; *Serapias falcata Thunb. 1784

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchdis Hawkes 1987;

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