Lecanorchis
Lecanorchis is a genus of orchids belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae.
The scientific name is derived from the Greek words lekane and orchis.
They occur in mountain forest of the Himalayas, China, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, and New Guinea at altitudes of.
They are terrestrial, leafless myco-heterotrophs. They produce numerous, long, thick, horizontal roots under a short rhizome. The erect, dark, branched or unbranched stems are thin and brittle. They bear few to many dull brown, purple, yellow or green flowers with a somewhat brighter lip. The lip is about of equal length to the sepals and is covered with dense, yellow hair.
Characteristics for this species are:
- A calyculus, a cup-like structure formed from a group of small bracts, is present.
- The erect gynostemium is elongate.
Species
Species accepted as of June 2014:- Lecanorchis amethystea Y.Sawa, Fukunaga & S.Sawa
- Lecanorchis betongensis Suddee & H.A.Pedersen
- Lecanorchis bicarinata Schltr.
- Lecanorchis brachycarpa Ohwi.
- Lecanorchis ciliolata J.J.Sm.
- Lecanorchis flavicans Fukuy.
- Lecanorchis japonica Blume
- Lecanorchis javanica Blume
- Lecanorchis latens T.P.Lin & W.M.Lin
- Lecanorchis kiusiana Tuyama
- Lecanorchis malaccensis Ridl.
- Lecanorchis multiflora J.J.Sm.
- Lecanorchis neglecta Schltr.
- Lecanorchis nigricans Honda
- Lecanorchis seidenfadenii Szlach. & Mytnik
- Lecanorchis sikkimensis N.Pearce & P.J.Cribb
- Lecanorchis subpelorica T.C.Hsu & S.W.Chung,
- Lecanorchis suginoana Seriz.
- Lecanorchis thalassica T.P.Lin
- Lecanorchis vietnamica Aver., Vietnam
- Lecanorchis virella T.Hashim.