Oreorchis
koreana: A 30-60cm tall perennial orchid species with two,
about 30cm long leaves at the base, with vertical lines, inhabits
damp spots under the shade of ferns or a tree in forests in
mountainous regions. Leaves are in the lanceolate shape,
approximately 30cm in length and 2cm in width, with pointed tips.
The flowers so closely resemble O. patens that it is challenging to
tell one from the other: with O. koreana, peduncles are
blackish purple, sepals and petals are yellowish orange to brownish
green, and white broad, almost flat lips with purple dots and
fan-shaped undulate ends; the lip's ends at right and left lobes
bend inside. In O. patens, the peduncles are green, the
flowers are brownish-yellow, and the lip's right and left lobes are
straight or bent outside. Bloom time is June-July, about a month
later than O. patens. |