Japanese name: エゾスズラン（蝦夷鈴蘭） Scientific name:Epipactis papillosa var. papillosa
[Overview]
A perennial 30–60 cm tall.
A terrestrial orchid.
It has a short rhizome.
The whole plant is covered with brown hairs.
The leaves are simple and alternate, 5–7 in number, ovate, 7–12 cm long and 2–4 cm wide.
The leaves have wrinkled veins, and there are white hair-like projections on the surface and along the veins.
A raceme bears 20–30 flowers, which open from the bottom of the inflorescence upward.
The bracts are about as long as the flowers.
The flowers are green; the sepals are long-ovate, 0.9–1.2 cm long, and the lateral petals are ovate and shorter than the sepals.
The lip is ovate-lanceolate, and the side lobes do not project like ears.
The fruit is a capsule.
[Cultivation]
Propagate by division.
It prefers partial shade, such as under deciduous trees, and soil that is both well drained and moisture-retentive.
