Rohdea japonica [Asperagaceae] - Japanese Sacred lily, this plant is considered good luck both in Japan and China, its broad long leaves symbolise long life and immortality. Flowers are strangely shaped.
Actinidia polygama[Actinidiaceae] - Silver vine, the leaves turn silvery-white
Lechanorchis japonica [Orchidaceae] - a rare and beautiful orchid
Lecanorchis is a genus of orchids that are usually found on the mountain forest floors across Southeast Asia, including India.
If you had thought that there is a flower behind every fruit, you may have to think again.
Japanese scientists have found an orchid that turns into a fruit without blooming. They recorded the flower, Lecanorchis nigricans var. Nigricans in Kami City of Kochi Prefecture, which remains a bud and slowly turns into a fruit. This behaviour is called cleistogamy, where the flower self pollinates. Cleistogamy has been reported in some members of the grass family also.
Cinnamomum camphora [Lauraceae] - Camphor tree
Found in India also
Beautiful bark of Litsea lancifolia [Lauraceae] - this tree is also found in Darjeling and north-eastern parts of India
Red peeling bark of Prunus zippeliana[Rosaceae]
Odontochilus hatusimanus[Orchidaceae] - Rare plant of Japan called Jewel Orchid
Sugi tree: Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria japonica v. japonica
Jōmon Sugi (縄文杉) is a large Cryptomeria tree (yakusugi) located on Yakushima, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Japan
Cymbidium goeringii [Orchidaceae]
Wisteria brachibortriys
Cremastra appendiculata
Arisaema serratum
Calanthe sieboldii
Calanthe takane
Cremastra appendiculata
Actias artmis - Japanese luna moth
Goodyera schlectendaliana
Goodyera velutina
Liparis krameri
Plantenthera minor
Akebia quinata
Tricyrtis affinis - Toad Lily
Asarum asariodes - Wild Ginger
Phyllonstachys pubescenes -- Moso bamboo
Calanthe reflexa
Galeola septentrinalis
Abis firma
Actinidia polygama[Actinidiaceae] - Silver vine, the leaves turn silvery-white
Lechanorchis japonica [Orchidaceae] - a rare and beautiful orchid
Lecanorchis is a genus of orchids that are usually found on the mountain forest floors across Southeast Asia, including India.
If you had thought that there is a flower behind every fruit, you may have to think again.
Japanese scientists have found an orchid that turns into a fruit without blooming. They recorded the flower, Lecanorchis nigricans var. Nigricans in Kami City of Kochi Prefecture, which remains a bud and slowly turns into a fruit. This behaviour is called cleistogamy, where the flower self pollinates. Cleistogamy has been reported in some members of the grass family also.
Cinnamomum camphora [Lauraceae] - Camphor tree
Found in India also
Beautiful bark of Litsea lancifolia [Lauraceae] - this tree is also found in Darjeling and north-eastern parts of India
Red peeling bark of Prunus zippeliana[Rosaceae]
Odontochilus hatusimanus[Orchidaceae] - Rare plant of Japan called Jewel Orchid
Sugi tree: Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria japonica v. japonica
Jōmon Sugi (縄文杉) is a large Cryptomeria tree (yakusugi) located on Yakushima, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Japan
Cymbidium goeringii [Orchidaceae]
Wisteria brachibortriys
Cremastra appendiculata
Arisaema serratum
Calanthe sieboldii
Calanthe takane
Cremastra appendiculata
Actias artmis - Japanese luna moth
Goodyera schlectendaliana
Goodyera velutina
Liparis krameri
Plantenthera minor
Akebia quinata
Tricyrtis affinis - Toad Lily
Asarum asariodes - Wild Ginger
Phyllonstachys pubescenes -- Moso bamboo
Calanthe reflexa
Galeola septentrinalis
Abis firma
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