齿唇鸢尾兰 chi chun yuan wei lan

Stem less than 3 cm. Leaves subbasal, 5-8, narrowly ensiform, subfalcate, variable in length, largest 6-13 × 0.3-0.5 cm, fleshy, base jointed. Inflorescences 5-10 cm; peduncle terete, 1.5-3 cm, with many small bracts; rachis many flowered; floral bracts ovate-lanceolate, 2-2.5 mm. Flowers whorled, whitish, sometimes tinged orange, ca. 1.5 mm in diam.; pedicel and ovary 1-2 mm. Sepals spreading, subequal, ovate-triangular, 0.7-0.8 × 0.4-0.5 mm, margin entire. Petals spreading, elliptic-oblong, 0.7-0.8 × ca. 0.2 mm, margin subentire; lip ± perpendicular to ovary, spreading, ovate, nearly entire, base truncate, slightly concave, margin irregularly laciniate, apex retuse; laciniate lobules progressively deeper toward apex. Column globose, ca. 0.3 mm. Capsule ellipsoid, ca. 2 mm. Fl. Aug.

● Epiphytic on branches of broad-leaved trees or on vines in moist forests along streams; 1000-2000 m. Taiwan.