孟连苞叶兰 meng lian bao ye lan

Plants 14-25 cm tall. Tubers oblong, 2-3 cm. Stem with 2-4 sheaths at base, 4-7-leaved above, densely pubescent. Leaves ovate, 1.2-4.5 × 1-2.8 cm, pubescent along margin and abaxial veins at base, apex acute or obtuse. Inflorescence with 4-7 well-spaced flowers; floral bracts ca. as large as leaves or slightly smaller, slightly pubescent abaxially and on margin. Flowers white, marked with purple-red, rather large; ovary slightly arching toward apex, twisted, cylindric, slightly pubescent along ridges, ca. 2 cm including pedicel. Dorsal sepal narrowly ovate or oblong, 12-13 × 4-4.5 mm, 5-veined, apex obtuse; lateral sepals ovate, 14-16 × 5-6 mm, 5-veined, apex obtuse. Petals lanceolate, 12-14 × 2.4-2.6 mm, 3-veined, apex obtuse; lip suborbicular, 18-20 × 20-23 mm, densely papillate adaxially, spurred, apex emarginate and somewhat 2-lobed; spur white, conic, 10-12 mm, curved, shallowly 2-lobed at apex. Fl. Jul.

● Grasslands; ca. 1600 m. SW Yunnan.