湿唇兰 shi chun lan

Vanda parishii H. G. Reichenbach, Xenia Orchid. 2: 138. 1868; Stauropsis parishii (H. G. Reichenbach) Rolfe; Vandopsis parishii (H. G. Reichenbach) Schlechter.

Stems 5-10(-20) cm, 8-15 mm in diam., stout, enclosed in persistent leaf sheaths. Leaf blade oblong or obovate-oblong, 17-29 × 3.5-5.5 cm, unequally bilobed. Inflorescences 1-6, to 35 cm, laxly 5-8-flowered; peduncle 5-17 cm, 4-6 mm in diam., with 3 or 4 sheaths; floral bracts broadly ovate, 1.2-1.5 cm. Flowers 4-5 cm in diam.; sepals and petals yellow with deep purple spots, lip white, tinged with lilac on mid-lobe; pedicel and ovary 3-4 cm. Sepals broadly ovate, 2-2.6 × 1.2-1.5 cm, dorsally carinate, 10-veined, obtuse. Petals broadly ovate, 1.5-2.2 × 1.4-1.7 cm, 10-veined, obtuse; lip 1-1.3 cm, fleshy, 3-lobed; lateral lobes suborbicular, small; mid-lobe cuneate-flabellate, ca. 1.2 × 1 cm, obtuse, with a central longitudinal keel and an erect appendage at base near entrance of sac; sac ca. 3 mm. Column ca. 1 cm, winged; stelidia deltoid; rostellum with ligulate lobules ca. 2.5 mm; anther cap beaked at apex. Fl. Jun-Jul. 2n = 38.

Epiphytic on tree trunks in open forests; 700-1300 m. S and SW Yunnan [NE India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].