Habenaria radiata (Thunb.) Spreng. 1826 Photo by © Pieter C. Brouwer and his Nature Photo Website

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

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

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;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 11 1957 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 28 No 11 1959 photo as H radiata var ginpukurin; AOS Bulletin Vol 28 No 11 1959 photo as H radiata var konpukurin;

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