台湾羊耳蒜 tai wan yang er suan

Liparis sikkimensis Lucksom & S. Kumar.

Herbs, epiphytic. Pseudobulbs ovoid or clavate, ± compressed, 2.5-5.5 × 1-2 cm, longitudinally ridged. Leaves 2; petiole 2-3 cm, articulate; blade oblanceolate, ca. 13 × 2 cm, apex acute. Inflorescence erect, 10-20 cm; peduncle slightly compressed, narrowly winged; rachis densely 30- or more flowered; floral bracts lanceolate, 5-10 mm. Flowers yellowish or whitish, column white; pedicel and ovary 7-9 mm. Dorsal sepal lanceolate, ca. 3 × 1 mm, apex obtuse or acute; lateral sepals obliquely ovate, ca. 3 × 1.5 mm. Petals linear, ca. 2.5 × 0.5 mm; lip ovate, ca. 3 × 2 mm, obscurely 3-lobed; lateral lobes erect; mid-lobe slightly thickened near base, apical margin slightly crisped-denticulate, apex acute. Column ca. 1.5 mm. Fl. Jan.

On tree trunks in broad-leaved evergreen forests; 500-1000 m. E and S Taiwan [India (Sikkim)].