Sorry for my so late response. Gastrochilus japonicus is native in southern Japan and Taiwan(or Formosa) having thick and leathery leaves of 3 to 10cm in length and 0.6 to 1.5cm in width as well as a number of small flowers of pale yellow in color. As you have pointed out, there are two photos in the page http://www.orkide.hjem.wanadoo.dk/orkide/Gastrochilus_japonicus.htm where the first or upper one is a copy of my own photo(!) as indicated there implying genuine Gastrochilus japonicus and the second or lower photo looks other although the photo itself is obscure. Another picture in the site http://www.orchidspecies.com/orphotdir/gastrochilusjaponicus.jpg is clear but quite different from Gastrochilus japonicus at the color of flower and the shape of leaves.
You can see a photo of pure Gastrochilus japonicus in the following web page, explanation of that is unfortunately in Japanese. http://www9.big.or.jp/~mishii/orchid/r38.html By the way Saccorabium japonicum is the synonym of Gastrochilus japonicus. Koichi Fujino(SyuTyuSen) from Tokyo, Japan http://www.edit.ne.jp/~fkoichi/
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