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Flora of Taiwan | Family List | Orchidaceae | Gastrochilus

Gastrochilus hoii T. P. Lin, Native Orch. Taiwan. 3: 103, 104(f.). 1987.

何氏松蘭

Stem prostrate, 4-10 cm long. Leaves green or sometimes tinged with purple, with brownish purple spots on both surfaces, oblong to lanceolate, flat, 2-2.7 cm long, 7-9 mm wide, apex acute, base narrowed, articulate with sheath. Peduncle 5 mm long; bract ovate, 2 mm long, apex acute or acuminate; pedicel and ovary ca. 6-9 mm long. Flower 2-4, compactly spaced, yellowish green, ca. 1 cm across; dorsal sepal elliptic, 4-5 mm long, 3 mm wide, obtuse, sometimes with brown spots; lateral sepals obliquely ovate, 4-5 mm long, 2.5-2.8 mm long, acute; petals elliptic, 4 mm long, 3mm wide, obtuse at apex, slightly contracted at base; lip with a sac and a fleshy thick limb; sac conical, dorsi-ventrally compressed, 4-5 mm long, 4 mm across, abruptly narrowed toward sharp base, slightly curved forward, limb reflexed, pale green with a central yellowish green cushion, reniform, 3-5 mm long, 6-8 mm wide, emarginate, with long white hairs throughout; column 1 mm long; pollinia 2, globose, 0.5 mm across, notched; stipe 1.2 mm long; viscidium 2-forked.

ILAN: Nanhutashan, Lin 434. PINGTUNG: Tawushan, Su 9375, 9386.

Endemic, coniferous forests at 2,000-2,500 m.


 

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