Dactylorhiza aristata (Fisch. ex Lindl.) Soó 1962
Plant and Flowers in situ Hachimantai highland Japan
Photos courtesy of Natsui from Japan and his Japan Orchids Page
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Common Name The Spiked Dactylorhiza - IN USA - Fischer's Orchid [German Botanist in Russian Far East early 1800's] In Japan Hakusan-chidori - Mt. Hakusan plover orchid
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Found in Russia, Japan Korea, China, and the Aluetian Islands of Alaska in moist open tundra, meadows and bogs at sealevel to 800 meters as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with 2–5, blade often purple-spotted or suffused with purple leaves and flowering in the late spring and early summer on an erect, terminal, 10 to 16" [25 to 40 cm] long, several flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, floral bracts the larger often suffused with purple, extending well beyond the flowers.
Synonyms Dactylorhiza aristata f. alba P.M.Br. 1995; Dactylorhiza aristata f. albomaculata P.M.Br. 2004 publ. 2005; Dactylorhiza aristata f. perbracteata (Lepage) Catling 1982; Dactylorhiza aristata f. rosea P.M.Br. 1995; Dactylorhiza aristata var. kodiakensis Luer & G.M.Luer 1972; *Orchis aristata Fisch. ex Lindl. 1835; Orchis aristata var. immaculata Makino 1932; Orchis aristata var. maculata Makino 1932; Orchis aristata var. perbracteata Lepage 1952; Orchis beeringiana (Cham.) Kudô 1922; Orchis latifolia var. beeringiana Cham. 1828;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of North America Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as Orchis aristata; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Orchis aristata; AOS Bulletin Vol 44 #9 1975 photo fide; Rudolf Schlcehter Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 4 193 to 256 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1971; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 6 1998 photo as D aristata var. perbracteata ; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 40 pg 2492 - 2564 Brieger 2000; Orchid Digest Vol 73 #1 2009 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 80 #4 2011 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 84 #12 2015 photo fide;
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