莎叶兰(原变种) suo ye lan (yuan bian zhong)

Cymbidium carnosum Griffith; C. viridiflorum Griffith; Cyperorchis wallichii Blume.

Pseudobulbs produced biennially. Leaves 9-20, distichous, distinctly distichous-equitant at base, with membranous margins 2-3 mm wide. Fl. Oct-Nov. 2n = 36, 40, 42.

Forests, rocky places, crevices of rocks; 700-1800 m. Guangdong, S Guangxi, SW Guizhou, Hainan, W Sichuan, S and SE Yunnan [Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam].