Family | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily | Orchidoideae |
Tribe | Cranichideae |
Subtribe | Goodyerinae |
Scientific name | Goodyera velutina Maximovicz ex Regel |
Synonyms | Epipactis velutina (Maximovicz ex Regel) A. A. Eaton; Goodyera morrisonicola Hayata; Goodyera schlechtendaliana var. velutina (Maximovicz ex Regel) M. Hiroe; Orchiodes velutinum (Maximovicz ex Regel) Kuntze; Peramium morrisonicola (Hayata) Makino; Peramium velutinum (Maximovicz ex Regel) Makino |
Common name | (Japanese common name) shusu-ran (シュスラン, 繻子蘭 [meaning: beautiful cloths orchid]), birodo-ran (ビロードラン, ビロード蘭 [meaning: velvet orchid]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan | |
Habitat | Mountane evergreen forest |
Chromosomal number | 2n=28 |
Description | Plants 10-15cm tall. Leaves 2-4cm long, 1-2cm wide. Flowers pale brown, flowering in August to September. Terrestrial. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Goodyera velutina Maxim. |
Goodyera velutina Maxim. | |
Goodyera velutina Maxim. ex Regel 1867 | |
Goodyera velutina Maxim. ex Regel | |
Chromosome numbers of the family Orchidaceae in Japan (2) (A. MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCE) | |
Methods of creating dwarf phenotypes in plants (US Patent Application 20020194646) | |
Note | Photos of variegatas below are those of an orchid which was cultivated by Mr. Masakuni Odakura and displayed at the monthly meeting of Tokyo Wild Plants Society (Orchid and Lily Group) in Shintomi Kumin kaikan. |
April 2009 at my home |
April 2009 at my home |
April 2009 at my home |
February 2010 at Shintomi Kumin kaikan |
February 2010 at Shintomi Kumin kaikan |