Phalaenopsis japonica (Rchb.f.) Kocyan & Schuit. 2014 SUBGENUS Hygrochilus
Photo by Scott McGregor
Photo by Danny Lentz ©, plant grown by the Atlanta Botanical Garden
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Common Name The Japan Phalaenopsis - In Japan Nago-ran - In China E Ji Lan
Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]
Found in Japan, the Ryukyu Islands, Korea and western Yunnan and Zhejiang provinces of China in open subtropical forests or cliffs along valleys at elevations of 600 to 1400 meters as a small sized, cool to cold growing species with a monopodial, very short stem carrying 5 to 8, narrowly elliptic to strap shaped, obtuse at the obscurely bilobed apex leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on a 7.2" [18 cm] long, curved, successively 6 to 10 flowered inflorescence.
Adult plants branch freely and produce a number of inflorescence simultaneously. The orchid has many greenish white, sweetly lemon to ginger scented flowers with purple bars on the lip.
This species needs to be mounted or potted in a coarse, fast draining medium and given cool to coldtemperatures, high humidity, semi-shade, and good air circulation.
Synonyms *Aerides japonica Rchb. f. 1863; Angraecum japonicum Linden 1881; Hygrochilus japonica (Rchb.f.) M.H.Li, Z.J.Liu & S.R.Lan 2014; Sedirea japonica (Rchb. f.) Garay & H.R. Sweet 1974
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as Aerides japonica photo fide; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Aerides japonica drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 29 No 2 1960 as Aerides japponica photo ok; Encylopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Aerides japonicum; Orchids of Southern Ryukyu Islands Garay & Sweet 1974 as Sedirea japonica drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 44 #9 1975 as Aerides japonica photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 55 No 7 1986 as Sedirea japonica drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 21 1165 - 1328 Brieger 1988 as Sedirea japonica drawing/photo fide; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 63 No 2 1994 as Sedirea japonica photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 64 No 8 1995 as Sedirea japonica photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 7 2005 as Sedirea japonica photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 1 2006 as Sedirea japonica ; AOS Bulletin Vol 76 No 4 2007 as Sedirea japonica photo fide; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 as Sedirea japonica photo fide; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 as Sedirea japonica photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009 as Sedirea japonica ; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 as Sedirea japonica drawing fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 as Sedirea japonica photos fide; Orchid Digest Vol 78 #1 2014 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 78 #4 2014 as Sedirea japonica photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 80 #2 2016; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #8 2016 as Gastrochilus japonicus photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #2 2019 as Phalaenopsis japonica photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 83 #4 2019 Photo fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 2 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;
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