Notes For Reference:-

Species, Varieties, or Forms in the Genus Pogonia:

Pogonia japonica / Tokisou
Pogonia minor / Yamatokisou
　

Pogonia minor / Yamatokisou ヤマトキソウ

Pogonia minor is a perennial orchid species, terrestrial, inhabiting a sunny grassland plain, growing 10- to 20cm in height. Finding one out takes a lot of work, and the Shimane Red Data Book lists this as a VU. The stem bears a single 3-7cm long oval leaf in about the halfway position and a 1.2cm long flower upward on the apex. The light pink flower is habitually not fully open but loose enough to observe inside occasionally. Bloom time: June-August.