Japanese name: ヒメノヤガラ（姫矢柄） Scientific name:Chamaegastrodia sikokiana
[Overview]
A mycoheterotrophic perennial found in forests.
It has no chlorophyll, and the whole plant is yellowish brown to pale orange.
A somewhat thick rhizome creeps horizontally.
The aerial stem is erect, becoming 10–20 cm tall at flowering, somewhat fleshy and hairless.
The leaves are alternate on the stem but are reduced to scales, 0.4–1 cm long and membranous.
A raceme bears 5–10 flowers, each with a bract.
Beneath each flower is a thick pedicel and ovary; because this part does not twist, the lip is on the upper side.
In the flower, the dorsal sepal and lateral sepals form a hood, making it tubular, and inside the lip there is a part that protrudes in a spherical shape.
