Yoania japonica Maximowicz, Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. SaintPétersbourg 18: 68. 1872. 宽距兰 kuan ju lan 

 Yoania amagiensis Nakai & F. Maekawa var. squamipes (Fukuyama) C. L. Yeh & C. S. Leou; Y. japonica var. squamipes Fukuyama; Y. squamipes (Fukuyama) Masamune. Plants 10–30 cm tall. Rhizome branching, to ca. 15 × 1.5 cm. Stem pinkish white, covered with scattered scalelike sheaths. Rachis terminal, subdensely 3–5-flowered; floral bracts ovate to broadly ovate, 5–7 mm, clasping pedicel. Flowers erect,spreading, pinkish purple; pedicel and ovary cylindric, 2.5–7 cm, slender. Sepals oblong-ovate, 18–26 × 10–18 mm, apex obtuse. Petals broadly ovate, 15–24 × 14–18 mm, apex obtuse; lip spreading horizontally, ovate, concave, 15–20 × ca. 10 mm, saccate and spurred at base; disk with several longitudinal rows of papillae; spur spreading forward, parallel to lip, broad, 7–8 × 3.5–4 mm, apex obtuse. Column flattened, 8–13 mm, apex with 2 fingerlike processes; processes each ca. 2 mm; column foot ca. 1.5 mm. Fl. Jun–Jul. 2n = 24. 

 Coniferous forests, damp grassy slopes; 1800–2000 m. N Fujian, Jiangxi, E Taiwan [NE India, Japan].