Gastrochilus japonicus Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Gastrochilus

Characteristics

Stems ascending or pendulous, 2-10 cm, 3-5 mm in diam. Leaves distichous, closely spaced; blade ± falcate, linear-oblong, or linear-lanceolate, 5-14 × 1-2.5 cm, fleshy, apex subacute and slightly hooked. Inflorescence subumbellate, 4-7(-10)-flowered; peduncle 1.5-2 cm; floral bracts ovate-triangular, 2-3 mm, apex acute; pedicel and ovary 10-12 mm. Flowers widely opening; sepals and petals yellowish green, with purplish red spots; lip whitish, tinged with yellow at apex of epichile and with yellow and purple-spotted cushion. Sepals similar, obovate-elliptic or subelliptic, 5-9 × 3-5 mm, apex obtuse. Petals similar to sepals, slightly narrower, apex obtuse; lip with an epichile and a saccate hypochile; epichile subtriangular, 2-4 × 5-8 mm, adaxially glabrous except on finely papillate central cushion, margin erose or nearly entire; hypochile cupular, laterally compressed, 5-7 mm tall, 4-6 mm in diam. Column pale purple, short. Fl. Jun-Sep. 2n = 30, 38, 40.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

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Images

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Distribution

Gastrochilus japonicus world distribution map, present in China, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:635439-1
WFO ID wfo-0000971426
COL ID 6K9RM
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Saccolabium japonicum Gastrochilus holttumianus Gastrochilus japonicus Gastrochilus taiwanianus