Platanthera longicalcarata Hayata 1911
Photo by © Chen Tiancai and The Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility Website
Drawing by © Wu Zhanghua
Common Name The Long Spur Platanthera
Flower Size .4 to .48" [1 to 1.2 cm]
Found in north central and central Taiwan in alpine coniferous forests and bamboo thickets at elevations of 2400 to 3000 meters as a small sized, cold growing terrestrial with stoliniform tubers giving rise to a suberect, ridged, pale green stem carrying 2 larger basal, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, narrwoing below into an indistinct petiolate base leaves, 2 to 3 smaller, bract-like leaves above that blooms in the summer on a terminal, straight, erect to suberect, green, 3.2 to 8" [8 to 20 cm] long, racemose, laxly to well spaced, 5 to 20 flowered inflorescence carrying resupinate, nearly wide opening flowers Synonyms Habenaria longicalcarata (Hayata) S.S.Ying 1977; Plantaginorchis longicalcarata (Hayata) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2006; Tulotis longicalcarata (Hayata) T.S.Liu & H.J.Su 1978
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30(1): 350 Hayata 1911
Coloured Ill. Indig. Orchids Taiwan 1(2): 379 S S Ying 1977 as Habenaria longicalcarata nom. illeg.
Fl. Taiwan 5: 1124 T.S.Liu & H.J.Su i 1978 as Tulotis longicalcarata
Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 40 pg 2492 - 2564 Brieger 2000;
Richardiana 6: 32 Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2006 as Plantaginorchis longicalcarata
Flora of China Vol 25: 106 Orchidaceae Zhengyi, Raven and Duyuan 2009;
Flora of China Vol 25: 152 Orchidaceae Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven and Duyuan 2010 drawing fide
The Wild Orchids of Taiwan An Illustrated Guide Lin & Wang 2014 photos fide
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