兴仁金线兰 xing ren jin xian lan

Plants 15-20 cm tall. Stem ascending, 2-3 mm in diam., 2-5-leaved. Leaves adaxially dark green with golden venation, ovate to orbicular-ovate, 2-5 × 2-3 cm, apex apiculate; petiole-like base and tubular sheath 1.5-2 cm. Peduncle ca. 12 cm, with 2 or 3 sterile sheathing bracts; rachis 3-5 cm, 3-5-flowered; floral bracts pink, ovate-lanceolate, 10-12 mm, subequal in length to ovary. Flowers resupinate; ovary and pedicel twisted, 10-13 mm, pubescent. Sepals pinkish red, outer surface pubescent; dorsal sepal ovate, concave, 5-7 × 3-5 mm, apex acute; lateral sepals suboblong, slightly oblique, 7-9 × 3.5-5 mm, apex acute. Petals white, ovate, oblique, 6-8 × 2-3 mm, 1-veined, apex cuspidate; lip white, Y-shaped, 13-18 mm; hypochile ca. 3 mm; mesochile ca. 3 mm; flanges pectinate, composed of 4-8 short teeth, each tooth ca. 1 mm; epichile longitudinally dilated, 2-lobed; lobes diverging at an acute angle to one another, flabellate, 6-7 × 2.5-3.5 mm, apical margin slightly incised; spur narrowly conic, 3-4 mm, mouth ca. 2 mm in diam., containing 2 irregular calli. Column ca. 1 mm. Fl. Aug.

● Forests; ca. 1200 m. SW Guizhou (Xingren).