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:
Lecanorchis is related to Clematepistephium and Eriaxis, both endemic to New Caledonia.

Species

Species accepted as of June 2014:
  1. Lecanorchis amethystea Y.Sawa, Fukunaga & S.Sawa
  2. Lecanorchis betongensis Suddee & H.A.Pedersen
  3. Lecanorchis bicarinata Schltr.
  4. Lecanorchis brachycarpa Ohwi.
  5. Lecanorchis ciliolata J.J.Sm.
  6. Lecanorchis flavicans Fukuy.
  7. Lecanorchis japonica Blume
  8. Lecanorchis javanica Blume
  9. Lecanorchis latens T.P.Lin & W.M.Lin
  10. Lecanorchis kiusiana Tuyama
  11. Lecanorchis malaccensis Ridl.
  12. Lecanorchis multiflora J.J.Sm.
  13. Lecanorchis neglecta Schltr.
  14. Lecanorchis nigricans Honda
  15. Lecanorchis seidenfadenii Szlach. & Mytnik
  16. Lecanorchis sikkimensis N.Pearce & P.J.Cribb
  17. Lecanorchis subpelorica T.C.Hsu & S.W.Chung,
  18. Lecanorchis suginoana Seriz.
  19. Lecanorchis thalassica T.P.Lin
  20. Lecanorchis vietnamica Aver., Vietnam
  21. Lecanorchis virella T.Hashim.
A new species, L. tabugawaensis was described in 2016.