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Habenaria sagittifera: a wild orchid with a cross like lip

Habenaria sagittifera (mizutonbo in Japanese) is a wild orchid native to Japan and China. The conservation status is vulnerable.

 

Numerous flowers are attached to a stem. The unique feature of the flower is a cross like lip (the lower petal) of about 20 mm. At a wetland in Toyota, Aichi, Japan.

 

H. sagittifera is related to a white egret flower (fringed orchid; Pecteilis radiata or H. radiata) in which the egret portion corresponds to the lip.

 

ミズトンボです。

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Uploaded on September 7, 2022
Taken on September 4, 2022