厚花球兰 hou hua qiu lan

Subshrubs epiphytic, glabrous except for corolla. Stems grayish, climbing to 1.5 m. Petiole ca. 5 mm, with a group of 4-6 adaxial glands; leaf blade broadly ovate, 4-8 × 3-5 cm, papery, base rounded, apex short acuminate; lateral veins 4 or 5 pairs, slightly elevated. Pseudumbels to 22-flowered; peduncle 2.5-5 cm. Pedicel ca. 1.2 cm. Calyx glabrous. Corolla white; lobes triangular, stellate, patent, mealy inside. Corona lobes stellate spreading, inner and outer angles acute. Fl. Apr-May.

* Mixed woods; ca. 1100 m. Hainan.