高黎贡舌唇兰 gao li gong she chun lan

Plants ca. 12 cm tall. Stem erect, with 2 tubular sheaths at base, 2-leaved. Leaves basal, elliptic, ca. 3.5 × 1.6 cm, base attenuate and clasping, apex obtuse. Rachis ca. 3 cm, densely 7-flowered; floral bracts lanceolate, ca. 4 mm, exceeding ovary. Flowers green; pedicel and ovary cylindric-fusiform, ca. 4 mm. Dorsal sepal orbicular, ca. 2.5 × 3 mm, glabrous, 3-veined, apex rounded; lateral sepals oblong, oblique, ca. 3 × 1.5 mm, glabrous, 3-veined, apex obtuse. Petals rhombic-ovate, ca. 2 × 1.5 mm, 1-veined, apex obtuse; lip ligulate, ca. 2.5 × 1 mm, dilated at base, entire; spur cylindric to ovoid, ca. 2 × 1 mm, slightly hooked toward apex, apex obtuse. Column ca. 1 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug.

● NW Yunnan (Gaoligong Shan).