26. Goodyera nankoensis Fukuyama, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo). 48: 432. 1934.
南湖斑叶兰 nan hu ban ye lan
Plants terrestrial, ca. 9 cm tall. Rhizome stout, few noded. Stem ascending, 2-3 cm, 4- or 5-leaved. Leaves spaced along stem, abaxially pale green, adaxially green with a white band along midvein, ovate, ca. 2 × 1.3 cm, base rounded, apex obtuse; petiole-like base and tubular sheath ca. 1 cm. Peduncle pale green, ca. 4 cm, sparsely pubescent, with 2 sterile bracts; rachis ca. 3 cm, densely 10-15-flowered, subsecund; floral bracts ovate-lanceolate, 7-10 mm, basal ones slightly exceeding ovary, apex acuminate. Flowers opening weakly, white slightly tinged pink, small; pedicel and ovary cylindric-fusiform, 7-8 mm, sparsely pubescent. Sepals concave, glabrous, 1-veined; dorsal sepal oblong, ca. 6 × 2.2 mm, apex acute; lateral sepals ovate-lanceolate, oblique, ca. 7 × 3 mm, apex acute. Petals ca. 6 × 2.2 mm, 1-veined, apex obtuse; lip ovate, 5-6 × ca. 2.6 mm; hypochile concave-saccate, 3-3.5 mm, glabrous; epichile ligulate, cymbiform, 2-2.5 mm, apex acute, slightly recurved. Column ca. 1.5 mm; anther ovoid-cordate, apex acute; pollinia ca. 1.3 mm; rostellum less than 1 mm, remnant deeply bifid. Fl. Jul-Aug.
● Mossy damp places in alpine forests; 2000-3000 m. C and N Taiwan.