Rhomboda yakusimensis




Family Orchidaceae
Subfamily Orchidoideae
Tribe Cranichideae
Subtribe Goodyerinae
Scientific name Rhomboda yakusimensis (Masamune) Ormerod
Synonyms Goodyera pogonorrhyncha Handel-Mazzetti; Hetaeria cristata auct., non Blume; Hetaeria cristata Blume var. minor Rendle; Hetaeria cristata Blume var. tokioi (Fukuyama) S. S. Ying; Hetaeria tokioi Fukuyama; Hetaeria yakusimensis (Masamune) Masamune ex E. Walker; Rhomboda pogonorrhyncha (Handel-Mazzetti) Ormerod; Rhomboda tokioi (Fukuyama) Ormerod; Zeuxine yakusimensis Masamune
Common name (Japanese common name) yakushima-aka-shusu-ran (ヤクシマアカシュスラン, 屋久島赤繻子蘭 [meaning: Yakushima Island red beautiful cloths leaf orchid]
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Izu Islands, Kyushu (southern area), Yakushima Island, Yanegashima Island, Okinawa
(Other nations) China, Taiwan, Vietnam
Habitat Broadleaf trees forest.
Chromosomal number 2n=42
Description Plants elacting 10-25cm tall (including scapes). Leaves 3-8cm long, 1.5-3.5cm wide. Flowers 3-15, red, sepals ca. 3mm long, flowering in August to September. Terrestrial. Perennial plants.
Reference Rhomboda yakusimensis (Masam.) Ormerod
Rhomboda tokioi (Fukuyama) Ormerod
Hetaeria cristata Blume
Note Rare species.
Rhomboda cristata (Blume) Ormerod (Syn. Hetaeria cristata Blume) occurs only in Indonesia.



February 2010
at my home



February 2010
at my home