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The "Akebono-shusu-ran" (Goodyera foliosa var. maximowicziana) belongs to Orchidaceae (the Orchid family). It is an evergreen perennial herb that is distributed throughout Japan, as well as Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula, southern China and the southern Kuril Islands. It grows in forests in mountainous areas. The stems crawl obliquely on the ground and are 5 to 10 cm tall. The leaves are ovate-elliptic and alternate, and around August to September, short racemes of pale red flowers are produced at the top of the stem. The labellum is pouch-like and hairy on the inside. In Taiwanese Chinese, it is called "童山白蘭", and "光萼斑葉蘭" (guang e ban ye lan) in Chinese.
In Korean, it's called "seom-sa-cheol-lan" (섬사철란). This is a compound ward consisting of "island" (seom: 섬) and Goodyera"" (sa-cheol-lan: 사철란).
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