卵果山姜 luan guo shan jiang

Pseudostems 2--2.5 m. Ligule 2-lobed, ca. 1 cm, leathery; petiole 3--5 cm; leaf blade oblong-elliptic, 40--60 × 4--12.5 cm, glabrous, base obliquely cordate. Racemes erect, 18--24 cm, densely flowered; rachis densely golden hispid; bracteoles brownish, narrowly elliptic, 2.5--3.8 cm. Pedicel ca. 2.5 cm, densely golden hispid. Calyx pale red, tubular, ca. 1.6 cm, white pubescent, apex 3-toothed. Corolla white; tube ca. 1 cm, white puberulent; lobes white ciliate at margin, central one suborbicular, ca. 2.5 × 2 cm, apex mucronate, lateral ones narrowly elliptic, ca. 2 × 1.5 cm. Lateral staminodes subulate, 4--6 mm. Labellum yellow with red stripes, white at margin, ovate, 3--3.8 × ca. 1.5 cm, apex reflexed. Stamen ca. 2.4 cm; filament red, ca. 1.2 cm. Capsule red, ovoid, ca. 1.5 × 1.2 cm. Fl. Apr, fr. Sep.

* Forests. Guangxi.