裂唇鸢尾兰 lie chun yuan wei lan

Iridorkis pyrulifera (Lindley) Kuntze; Malaxis pyrulifera (Lindley) H. G. Reichenbach; Oberonia verticillata Wight var. khasiana Lindley.

Stem short or sometimes to 3-4 cm. Leaves subbasal or cauline, 3 or 4(or 5), laterally compressed, usually slightly falcate, 2.5-6(-8) × 0.3-0.7 cm, thick, veins obscure, base articulate, margin often crisped when dried, apex acuminate. Peduncle subterete, 3-11 cm, wingless; sterile bracts many, narrowly lanceolate or nearly subulate, 2-2.5 mm; rachis 2-8 cm, many flowered; floral bracts lanceolate, 1.5-2 mm, margin ± irregularly erose, apex acuminate. Flowers yellow; pedicel and ovary ca. 2 mm. Dorsal sepal ovate-oblong, 0.8-1 × 0.5-0.6 mm, apex obtuse; lateral sepals broadly ovate, 0.8-1 × 0.6-0.7 mm. Petals suboblong, 0.8-1 × 0.3-0.4 mm; lip obovate or obovate-oblong in outline, 1.3-1.8 × ca. 1 mm, deeply 2-lobed, base with obtuse or inconspicuous auricles on either side; lobules broadly lanceolate, ca. 0.6 × 0.3 mm, apex obtuse. Column short, stout. Capsule obovoid-oblong, 2.5-3 × 1-1.5 mm; fruiting pedicel 1-1.5 mm. Fl. and fr. Sep-Nov.

Epiphytic on trees in forests; 1700-2800 m. W to SE Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Thailand].