矮曲唇兰 ai qu chun lan

Dendrobium demissum D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 34. 1825; Coelogyne parviflora Lindley; Panisea parviflora (Lindley) Lindley.

Pseudobulbs clustered, narrowly ovoid to ovoid, 1.5-4 × ca. 0.6 cm. Leaves 1 or 2; blade lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 3-8 × 0.7-1.5 cm, acute; petiole 4-8 mm. Inflorescence proteranthous, decurved, laxly 5-8-flowered; peduncle slender, sheathed at base, 1-2 cm; rachis 2-3.5 cm; floral bracts ovate, 6-7 × 1-1.8 mm, acute, membranous, persistent. Flowers 1-1.2 cm in diam., white; pedicel and ovary slender, 6-9 mm. Sepals similar, oblong-lanceolate, weakly saccate at base, dorsally keeled, 8-12 × ca. 3 mm. Lip simple, oblong, 8-12 × ca. 2 mm, subacute, sigmoidally bent, 3-veined, narrow at base, ecallose. Column winged, ca. 8 mm. Fl. Apr.

Epiphytic on trees. SC China (without precise locality) [NE India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam].