Microtis unifolia ("Nirabaran")

Japanese name: ニラバラン （韮葉蘭）
Scientific name: Microtis unifolia

[Overview]
A perennial 10–40 cm tall, found in sunny grasslands along the coast.
It is a terrestrial orchid.
It has a corm underground.
Only one leaf is produced; it is cylindrical, 15–25 cm long and about 0.2 cm in diameter, and its base forms a sheath clasping the stem.
A raceme densely bears 20–30 flowers.
The flowers are small, about 3 mm across, and pale green.
The dorsal sepal is broadly ovate and forms a hood together with the oblong lateral petals.
The lip is tongue-shaped and often has wart-like projections at the base.
The fruit is a capsule.

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