Yoania amagiensis ("Kibananoshokiran")

Japanese name: キバナノショウキラン （黄花鍾馗蘭）
Scientific name: Yoania amagiensis

[Overview]
A mycoheterotrophic plant 20–50 cm tall, found in deciduous forests.
It has a rhizome that branches densely and forms a mass.
The stem is fleshy, upright, and tinged with yellowish brown.
Broadly ovate scale-like leaves are densely arranged at the base of the stem and sparsely in the upper part.
A raceme at the stem tip bears 5–15 flowers.
The flowers are yellowish brown; the sepals are oblong and curve forward as if embracing, and the lateral petals are ovate.
The lip has a spur that bulges forward.

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