宽距兰 kuan ju lan

Yoania amagiensis Nakai & F. Maekawa var. squamipes (Fukuyama) C. L. Yeh & C. S. Leou; Y. japonica var. squamipes Fukuyama; Y. squamipes (Fukuyama) Masamune.

Plants 10-30 cm tall. Rhizome branching, to ca. 15 × 1.5 cm. Stem pinkish white, covered with scattered scalelike sheaths. Rachis terminal, subdensely 3-5-flowered; floral bracts ovate to broadly ovate, 5-7 mm, clasping pedicel. Flowers erect, spreading, pinkish purple; pedicel and ovary cylindric, 2.5-7 cm, slender. Sepals oblong-ovate, 18-26 × 10-18 mm, apex obtuse. Petals broadly ovate, 15-24 × 14-18 mm, apex obtuse; lip spreading horizontally, ovate, concave, 15-20 × ca. 10 mm, saccate and spurred at base; disk with several longitudinal rows of papillae; spur spreading forward, parallel to lip, broad, 7-8 × 3.5-4 mm, apex obtuse. Column flattened, 8-13 mm, apex with 2 fingerlike processes; processes each ca. 2 mm; column foot ca. 1.5 mm. Fl. Jun-Jul. 2n = 24.

Coniferous forests, damp grassy slopes; 1800-2000 m. N Fujian, Jiangxi, E Taiwan [NE India, Japan].