Habenaria iyoensis (Ohwi) Ohwi 1936
Plant and Flowers in situ Japan
Photos by © Hisanori Takeuchi and his Orchids of the World Website
Drawing by © Wu Zhanghua and Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010
Common Name The Whip Carrying Habenaria [refers to the petals] - In China Yan Po Yu Feng Hua
Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]
Found in Japan and Taiwan on rocky slopes and in sparse forests at elevations below 700 meters as a small to medium sized, warm to cold growing terrestrial with an oblong, fleshy tuber giving rise to several, in a basal rosette, elliptic, acute, gradually narrowing below into the base leaf that blooms in the fall on an erect, 18" [45 cm] long, light green laxly several flowered inflorescence with floral bracts enveloping the pedicel.
Synonyms Habenaria minor Fukuy. ex Masam. 1974; Habenaria rupestris T.P.Lin & T.W.Hu 1976; Habenaria taiwaniana T.P.Lin 2001; Pecteilis iyoensis (Ohwi) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2018; Peristylus iyoensis Ohwi 1936
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
J. Jap. Bot. 12: 382 Ohwi 1936 as Peristylus iyoensis
J. Geobot. 21: 9 Fukuy. ex Masam. 1974 as H minor
Quart. J. Chin. Forest. 9(1): 52 T.P.Lin & T.W.Hu 1976 as H rupestris nom. illeg.
Man. Taiwan Vasc. Pl. 5: 258 T P Lin 2001 as H taiwaniana;
Korean J. Pl. Taxon. 37: 398 Ohwi 2007 as Habenaria iyoensis
Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009;
Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing ok;
*Provis. Checkl. Vasc. Pl. Korea Pen. Fl.: 144 Ohwi ex Chin S.Chang, H.Kim & K.S.Chang 2014
The Wild Orchids of Taiwan Lin & Wang 2014 photo fide;
Austral. Orchid Rev. 83(6): 52 M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2018 as Pecteilis iyoensis
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