#ponerorchis

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2025.7.6 at Nasu

ニョホウチドリ 女峰千鳥 Ponerorchis joo-iokiana Hemipilia jooiokiana (Makino) Y.Tang, H.Peng et T.Yukawa

ラン科ウチョウラン属 準絶滅危惧種（NT）

[conspectusargosy]

Ponerorchis graminifolia #5. I really like the extremely subtle pigmentation differences on this specimen, along with the extremely large and slightly frilly lips. If the earlier ones were something like malevolent cultists in robes, these are more angelic and graceful.

[teleos]

Plants. I finally got moonstones, and my Ponerorchis graminifolia is valiantly trying to flower.

[conspectusargosy]

One more cultivar of Ponerorchis graminifolia. This one is a little simpler and a little closer to a wild form, but the large lips still indicate a history of selective breeding in this cultivar.

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Ponerorchis graminifolia #3!

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Here’s another very different cultivar of Ponerorchis graminifolia. These are neat because you can tell how the different pigments respond differently to my long-wave ultraviolet light. Ponerorchis grow out of little underground bulbs which look kinda like fuzzy fingerling potatoes. The original bulb ends up withered, but by that time each one should grow at least 2 new bulbs waiting their turn to grow when the warm seasons come back around.

[conspectusargosy]

Ponerorchis graminifolia. I’ll be posting these for a bit because I have 10 and they were mostly all very different from each other.

[teleos]

The adventures of orchids.