滇西豹子花 dian xi bao zi hua

Nomocharis pardanthina Franchet var. farreri W. E. Evans.

Bulb ovoid, 1.8--2 × 1.5--1.8 cm. Stem 25--75 cm. Proximal leaves alternate, distal ones whorled, linear to narrowly lanceolate, 3--9 cm × 5--8 mm. Flowers 1 or 2, horizontal or suberect. Tepals white, rose, or pink; outer ones elliptic, 2.5--3.5 × 1.2--1.4 cm, margin entire; inner ones densely spotted purple-red or dark brown-red, ovate to orbicular, 2.5--3.5 × 2.2--3 cm, margin shallowly erose; nectary processes 2, of narrow flanges of tissue arranged in a fan shape. Filaments swollen, cylindric, 6--7 mm, and fleshy proximally, abruptly narrowed to a filiform, 2.5--3.5 mm long portion distally. Style ca. 1 cm. Capsule oblong, 2--2.5 × ca. 2 cm, 6-angular. Fl. Jun--Jul, fr. Aug--Oct. 2 n = 24*.

Forests, bamboo forest margins, grassy places; 2700--3400 m. W Yunnan [N Myanmar].