管花羊耳蒜 guan hua yang er suan

Herbs, epiphytic. Pseudobulbs cylindric, ca. 10 × 2 mm, with 1 leaf at apex. Leaf blade obovate, 7-10(-25) × 5-8 mm, apex obtuse. Scape ca. 1.5 cm; raceme 1- or 2(or 3)-flowered; floral bracts ovate-triangular, ca. 3 mm, membranous; pedicel and ovary 3-4 mm. Flowers small, tubular. Dorsal sepal oblong-ovate, ca. 4.5 × 1.5 mm, margin ca. 2/3 connate to lateral sepals; lateral sepals oblong-lanceolate, ca. 4.5 × 1.3 mm, separate from each other. Petals linear, ca. as long as sepals, ca. 0.5 mm wide; lip suboblong, ca. 4.5 × 2.5-2.8 mm, fleshy, base ± with small auricles, margin and midvein thickened, apex emarginate. Column slightly arcuate, wingless. Fl. unknown.

● Guizhou.

This species needs to be critically compared with Liparis fargesii, as both have a very similar lip.