小花鸢尾兰 xiao hua yuan wei lan

Stem 1.5-7 cm. Leaves 5-9, distichous, laterally compressed, linear, ± falcate, 1-3 × 0.1-0.2(-0.3) cm, thickened, veins inconspicuous, base not articulate, apex acuminate. Peduncle subterete, 2.5-6.7 cm, wingless; sterile bracts ovate-lanceolate, ca. 1 mm; rachis 2-5.5 cm, ca. 1.5 mm in diam., many flowered; floral bracts ovate-lanceolate, ca. 0.8 mm, margin ± obtusely toothed, apex long acuminate. Flowers greenish yellow or pale yellow, ca. 1 mm in diam.; pedicel and ovary 1-1.2 mm. Dorsal sepal ovate, ca. 0.8 × 0.4 mm, apex obtuse; lateral sepals similar to dorsal sepal, ca. 0.8 × 0.5 mm. Petals suboblong, ca. 0.9 × 0.3 mm, margin inconspicuously erose; lip suboblong in outline, ca. 1.7 mm, 3-lobed and mid-lobe deeply lobed again; lateral lobes ovate, ca. 0.3 mm, apex obtuse; mid-lobe ca. 0.8 mm, with lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate divergent lobules. Column short, stout. Capsule ellipsoid, 1.8-3 × 1.2-1.7 mm; fruiting pedicel 0.7-1 mm. Fl. and fr. Mar-Jun. 2n = 30.

Epiphytic on trees in forests; 1500-2700 m. N Fujian, SE Xizang, SE Yunnan [India].