Habenaria radiata (Thunb.) Spreng. 1826 Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, Plant grown by Asuka

Plant ensitu Photos courtesy of Natsui from Japan and his Japan Orchids Page to

Common Name The Ray Shaped Habenaria - In Japan - Sagi-so [Heron grass]

Flower Size 1 1/5" [3 cm]

Found in Japan and Korea as a small to medium sized, erect, terrestrial with small, ovoid or ellisoid tubers with an erect, slender terete stem carrying 3 to 7, linear-lanceolate, acumionate, suberect leaves with basal leaf sheaths and blooms in the summer on a terminal inflorescence with lanceolate, acuminate floral bracts and 1 to 3 showy flowers.

Synonyms Habenaria dianthoides Nevski 1935; Habenaria radiata var. dianthoides (Nevski) Vyschin 1996; Hemihabenaria radiata (Spreng.) Finet 1902; Orchis radiata Thunb. 1794; Orchis susannae Thunb.1784; Pecteilis dianthoides (Nevski) Garay & G.A.Romero 1998; Pecteilis radiata [Thunb.] Raf. 1836; Plantaginorchis dianthoides (Nevski) Szlach. 2004; Plantaginorchis radiata (Thunb.) Szlach. 2004; Platanthera radiata [Thunb.] Lindl. 1835;

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