Habenaria radiata

White Egret Flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Orchideae
Subtribe:	Orchidinae
Genus:	Habenaria
Species:	H. radiata
Binomial name
Habenaria radiata (Thunb.) Spreng.
Synonyms
Orchis radiata Thunb. (basionym) Platanthera radiata (Thunb.) Lindl. Pecteilis radiata (Thunb.) Raf. Hemihabenaria radiata (Thunb.) Finet Plantaginorchis radiata (Thunb.) Szlach. Orchis susannae Thunb. Habenaria dianthoides Nevski Habenaria radiata var. dianthoides (Nevski) Vyschin Pecteilis dianthoides (Nevski) Garay & G.A. Romero Plantaginorchis dianthoides (Nevski) Szlach.

Pecteilis radiata (syn. Habenaria radiata) is a species of orchid endemic to China, Japan, Korea and Russia.^[1] It is commonly known as the White Egret Flower, Fringed Orchid or Sagiso. It should not be confused with the white fringed orchid Platanthera praeclara, which is a North American species. The Sagiso is the official flower of Setagaya ward, Tokyo.

References

1. ^ La Croix, I. F.; Aubron, Manuel (2008). The New Encyclopedia of Orchids:1500 Species in cultivation. Timber Press. p. 222. ISBN 0881928763. http://books.google.com/books?id=to4rytwGiiwC&pg=PA222&dq=Habenaria+radiata. Retrieved June 21, 2009.