荔坡球兰 li po qiu lan

Shrubs epiphytic, glabrous throughout. Stems to 1.5 m. Petiole ca. 1 cm; leaf blade oblong-elliptic, 9-15 × 3-5 cm, base cuneate, oblique, apex caudate with a tail ca. 1.5 cm; lateral veins 10-12 pairs, obliquely ascending, conspicuous adaxially, obscure abaxially. Pseudumbels extra-axillary; peduncle ca. 2.5 cm. Flowers not seen. Fruiting pedicel ca. 2 cm. Follicles linear-lanceolate, ca. 15.5 cm × 4 mm. Seeds ca. 5 × 2.5 mm; coma ca. 4 cm.

* Limestone forests; ca. 900 m. Guizhou (Lipo).