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Liparis fujisanensis

Liparis fujisanensis ("Fugakusuzumushiso")

Japanese name: フガクスズムシソウ (富岳鈴虫草)
Scientific name: Liparis fujisanensis

Liparis fujisanensis

[Overview]
A perennial 3–10 cm tall, found in cool-temperate deciduous forests, growing mainly as an epiphyte on beech trees.
It has ovoid pseudobulbs and bears two simple, alternate leaves.
The leaves are ovate, 1.5–5 cm long, with an abruptly pointed tip.
A raceme bears several flowers about 1 cm across, pale reddish purple to purplish brown.
The lateral sepals are broadly linear.
The lateral petals are very slender, linear and hang down.
The lip is obovate and bends backward at 1/3 of the way from the base.

[Notes]
The Japanese name derives from its discovery around Mt. Fuji.

Details

Names
Japanese: フガクスズムシソウ(富岳鈴虫草)、フガクスズムシ(富岳鈴虫)
Life form
Perennial
Habit
Epiphytic
Similar plants
Flowering season
May, June, July
Distribution or origin
Japan (Hokkaido to Kyushu)
Height
30–100 mm
Leaf shape
Simple leaf (unlobed)
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Inflorescence
Raceme
Flower color
Purple
Flower diameter
10
Leaf color
Green
Designated plants
VU: Vulnerable (Class II), Endemic to Japan

Translated from our Japanese encyclopedia. If anything differs, the Japanese page is correct.

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