拟囊唇兰 ni nang chun lan

Stems 3-6 cm. Leaves distichous, 3-8, oblong-lanceolate, slightly curved, 2.2-5 × 0.6-1.2 cm. Inflorescence axillary, simple, pendulous; peduncle and rachis 3-7 cm, dilated in middle part, ca. 2 mm in diam., tapering at both ends, sulcate, bearing 10-35 well-spaced flowers; floral bracts triangular, ca. 2 mm. Flowers whitish green, 2.5-3.5 mm in diam.; lip mid-lobe white. Sepals oblong, 2-2.5 mm. Petals subspatulate, ca. 2 mm; lip shallowly 3-lobed, ca. 1.5 mm wide; lateral lobes rounded; mid-lobe subovate or triangular, saccate at base, without interior ornamentation. Column ca. 1 mm, foot absent; stigma deeply set underneath; rostellum conspicuous; pollinia 2 on long stipe. Seed capsule clavate, 1.7-1.9 cm.

● Epiphytic on branches of trees in broad-leaved forests; ca. 300 m. Taiwan.