云南沼兰 yun nan zhao lan

Basionym: Microstylis bahanensis Handel-Mazzetti, Symb. Sin. 7: 1350. 1936; Malaxis bahanensis (Handel-Mazzetti) Tang & F. T. Wang.

Plants terrestrial. Pseudobulbs subglobose, 5-10 mm in diam. Leaves 2; petiole 13-30 cm; blade ovate or ovate-oblong, apex obtuse. Inflorescence erect; peduncle 6-9 cm; rachis 5-10-flowered; floral bracts reflexed, narrowly lanceolate, ca. 3 mm, shorter than pedicel and ovary, apex acuminate. Flowers yellow or brownish red, 3-4 mm in diam. Sepals ovate, ca. 2 mm, margin revolute, apex subacute. Petals linear-ligulate, ca. 2 mm, apex obtuse; lip superior, nearly sagittate-ovate in outline, ca. 4 × 3 mm, attenuate toward apex, apex 2-lobed, with a central glabrous suborbicular callus; auricles ovate, ca. 1 mm, decurrent backward embracing column. Column ca. 1 mm, stout. Fl. Jul.

● On rocks; ca. 2600 m. NW Yunnan.