川西阔蕊兰 chuan xi kuo rui lan

Herminium neotineoides Ames & Schlechter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 42. 1919; Monorchis neotineoides (Ames & Schlechter) O. Schwarz.

Plants slender, 20-38 cm tall. Tubers oblong-ovoid, 1.5-2 × 1-1.5 cm. Stem with 2 or 3 tubular sheaths at base, 2-leaved. Leaves basal, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 4-14 × 0.8-3 cm, apex acute to acuminate. Peduncle cylindric, with 1 sterile bract; rachis 8-16 cm, densely many flowered; floral bracts lanceolate, basal ones ca. as long as flowers, apex acuminate. Flowers green; ovary ca. 5 mm including pedicel. Dorsal sepal erect, elliptic, 2-2.5 × ca. 1.5 mm, 1-veined, apex obtuse; lateral sepals spreading, elliptic, 2-2.5 × ca. 1.1 mm, 1-veined, apex obtuse. Petals connivent with dorsal sepal and forming a hood, ovate-lanceolate, oblique, 2-2.5 × ca. 1 mm, 1-3-veined, basal half concave, apex obtuse; lip ovate, 2-3 × 2-2.5 mm, base concave, 3-lobed toward apex; disk with a large, papillose, subglobose callus near base; lateral lobes lanceolate, falcate, apex obtuse; mid-lobe ovate-lanceolate, slightly longer and broader than lateral lobes, apex obtuse; spur saccate, very small; viscidia ovate. Fl. Jul.

● Grassy slopes; 3100-4000 m. W Sichuan.