勐腊鸢尾兰 meng la yuan wei lan

Stem very short. Leaves subbasal, 2 or 3, distichous-equitant, laterally compressed, ensiform, slightly falcate, 4.5-7.3 × 1-2.1 cm, thick, base articulate, apex obtuse or acute. Peduncle nearly compressed cylindric, 10-13 cm, with wings on both sides, including wing 2.5-3 mm wide, with several small ovate-lanceolate sterile bracts 1-1.5 mm; rachis 8-11 cm, ca. 2 mm in diam., many flowered; rachis and pedicel pale brown; floral bracts nearly broadly ovate or broadly elliptic, ca. 1.3 mm, margin erose-incised. Flowers white, tinged with pale brown, ca. 1 mm in diam.; pedicel and ovary 0.5-0.8 mm. Dorsal sepal broadly ovate, 0.7-0.8 × ca. 1 mm; lateral sepals slightly narrower. Petals suboblong, ca. 0.7 × 0.5 mm, margin slightly erose; lip broadly ovate in outline, ca. 0.8 × 1 mm, margin fimbriate, unlobed, apex subtruncate. Column short, stout. Capsule nearly ellipsoid-oblong, ca. 2 × 1.2 mm, with a very short pedicel. Fl. and fr. Nov-Dec.

● Epiphytic on trees in forests; 700-800 m. S Yunnan.