Lindl., Orchidaceae |
Present on Pacific Islands? no
Primarily a threat at high elevations? no
Common name(s): [more details]
Chinese: mei guan lan |
Habit: herb
Description: "Terrestrial. Pesudobulbs ovoid, homoblastic, leafless at time of flowering, quite robust, up to 5 cm tall. Leaves in new growth, suberect, linear-lanceolate, up to 30 cm long and 1.5 cm wide. Inflorescence rather slender, scapose, erect, racemose or paniculate, loosely many-flowered, up to 60 cm tall. Peduncle distinctly 3- to 4-sheated, branches when present are loosely spreading. Bracts linear-lanceolate, acuminate, shorter than pedicellate ovaries. Flowers greenish with brownish purple venation. Sepals and petals spreading, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, up to 12 mm long. Lip with a short, up to 3 mm-long clavate spur, 3-lobed, white with rose-purple markings: lateral lobes erect, enfolding the column, ovate-triangular, obtuse; midlobe porrect, suborbicular, undulate; disc in center provided with 3 to 5 parallel keels between the lateral lobes which are decurrent on midlobe where they are dissolved in a series of filiform, beard-like papillae. Whole lip 11 mm long. Pedicellate ovary up to 15 mm long" (Garay & Sweet, 1974; pp. 137-138).
Habitat/ecology: In Okinawa, "uncommon in mountains and open lowlands" (Garay & Sweet, 1974; pp. 137-138).
Propagation: Seed
Native range: Japan (Ryukyi Islands), India, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Malaysia (Garay & Sweet, 1974; pp. 137-138).
Presence:
Pacific | |||
Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
Japan (offshore islands)
Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands |
Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands |
native
|
Kato, Hidetoshi (2007) |
Pacific Rim | |||
Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
Australia
Australia (continental) |
Northern Territory |
introduced
|
Waterhouse, Barbara (year unknown) |
Australia
Australia (continental) |
Queensland |
introduced
|
Waterhouse, Barbara (year unknown) |
China
China |
China (People's Republic of) |
native
|
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
China
China |
Hong Kong |
native
cultivated |
Wu, Te-lin (2001) (p. 376)
Ornamental. |
Indonesia
Indonesia |
Indonesia (Republic of) |
native
|
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
Japan
Ryukyu Islands |
Ryukyu Islands |
native
|
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
Malaysia
Malaysia |
Malaysia (country of) |
native
|
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
Taiwan
Taiwan Island |
Taiwan Island |
native
|
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
Taiwan
Taiwan Island |
Taiwan Island |
native
|
Ching-I Peng, ed. (2013)
"Among shrubs at lowlands, also in coastal grasslands or sand beaches". |
Thailand
Thailand |
Thailand (Kingdom of) |
native
|
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
Vietnam
Vietnam |
Vietnam (Socialist Republic of) |
native
|
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
Comments: Reported as an invasive species in Australia per Barbara Waterhouse, pers. com., and Smith, 2002.
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