台湾凤蝶兰 tai wan feng die lan

Vanda taiwaniana S. S. Ying, Mem. Coll. Agric. Natl. Taiwan Univ. 29(2): 65. 1989; Papilisia taiwaniana (S. S. Ying) J. M. H. Shaw.

Stems pendulous, terete, 30-60 cm, 4-4.5 mm in diam., branched, enclosed in sheaths. Leaves laxly alternate, terete, 14-21 cm × 2-3.5 mm, base amplexicaul-sheathing, apex obtuse and apiculate; sheaths 3-3.5 cm, glabrous. Inflorescence 2-3 cm, usually 2-flowered; peduncle base with a terete bract 2-3 mm; floral bracts ovate-triangular, 1.5-2.5 mm. Flowers 4-5 cm in diam., dorsal sepal whitish, tinged yellowish, lateral sepals yellowish, petals white, lip yellowish, with many dark brown or brown-red longitudinal stripes, apex white, column white or yellowish; pedicel and ovary 2-3 cm. Dorsal sepal narrowly elliptic, 15-20 × 7-10 mm, obtuse; lateral sepals triangular-ovate, 14-20 × 10-12 mm. Petals obovate, 20-25 × 7-8 mm, base contracted; lip ovate-oblong in outline, 15-18 × 14-16 mm, 3-lobed; lateral lobes nearly erect, suborbicular to semiorbicular, 8-10 × 7-9 mm; mid-lobe subquadrate, 6-7 × 10-12 mm, apex emarginate. Column 5-6 mm. Fl. unknown.

● Epiphytic on trees in forests; 200-600 m. S Taiwan.