Family | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily | Epidendroideae |
Tribe | Vandeae |
Subtribe | Aeridinae |
Scientific name | Gastrochilus toramanus (Makino) Schlechter |
Synonyms | Saccolabium toramanum Makino |
Common name | (Japanese common name) momi-ran (モミラン, 樅蘭 [meaning: fir tree orchid) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Fukushima Prefecture), Shikoku |
(Other nations) none | |
Habitat | Mountane forest |
Chromosomal number | unknown |
Description | Leaves 5-11mm long, 2.5-5mm wide. Flowers 2-4, calyx lobes ca. 2.5mm long, flowering in March to April. Growing epiphyte on trunk of trees. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Gastrochilus raraensis Fukuyama |
Note | Rare species. |
Gastrochilus toramanus (Makino) Schlechter is not a synonym of Gastrochilus raraensis Fukuyama (Syn. Gastrochilus toramanus auct., non (Makino) Schlrchter: T. S. Liu & H. J. Su; Saccolabium raraense (Fukuyama) S. Y. Hu). |
March 2012 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
March 2012 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
March 2012 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
February 2010 at my home |
February 2010 at my home |
(alba form) |
March 2012 at a orchids forum |