Japanese name: クゲヌマラン（鵠沼蘭） Scientific name:Cephalanthera longifolia
[Overview]
A perennial 20–60 cm tall found in deciduous broadleaf forests and in black pine forests along the coast; a terrestrial orchid.
It has a short rhizome and bears several stems in a cluster.
The leaves are alternate and simple, narrowly oblong, 8–18 cm long and 2–4 cm wide, with pointed tips and entire margins.
A raceme bears 5–20 white flowers in a spiral, blooming facing obliquely upward.
The flowers are about 1 cm long and open only about halfway; the sepals are lanceolate with pointed tips.
The lip has yellow markings, and the spur at the base of the lip is very short and does not protrude.
The fruit is a capsule.
[Notes]
The Japanese name comes from the plant having first been discovered in Kugenuma, Kanagawa.
