毛唇玉凤花 mao chun yu feng hua

Plants 35-40 cm tall. Stem with 5 or 6 leaves near middle and 3 or 4 bractlike leaves above. Leaf blade oblanceolate or oblong, 5-8 × ca. 2 cm, apex acute. Raceme loosely 6-flowered, ca. 5 cm; floral bracts ovate-lanceolate, 5-8 × ca. 2 mm; ovary ca. 3 cm. Flowers nodding, greenish white. Dorsal sepal concave, lanceolate or oblanceolate, ca. 13 × 3.5-4 mm, 3-veined; lateral sepals similar to dorsal sepal, but wider. Petals deeply 2-lobed, ca. 14 × 1.5 mm; lip deeply 3-lobed; mid-lobe linear, ca. 12 × 2 mm; lateral lobes longer than mid-lobe, apical margin densely pubescent; spur ca. 1.4 cm, apex dilated and deeply 2-lobed. Fl. Jul-Aug.

● 1000-1500 m. C and S Taiwan.