长苞苹兰 chang bao ping lan

Basionym: Eria obvia W. W. Smith, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 8: 335. 1915.

Pseudobulbs ± tufted, fusiform, 4-6.5 × 1-1.4 cm, apex 3- or 4-leaved. Leaves subsessile, elliptic or obovate-lanceolate, 5-20 × 1.5-3 cm, base attenuate, apex obtuse. Inflorescences 1-3, subterminal, many flowered; peduncle 3-4 cm; rachis with yellowish brown hairs or nearly glabrous; floral bracts lanceolate, 1-2 cm, long acuminate. Flowers white. Dorsal sepal lanceolate, 8-10 × 2-3 mm, obtuse; lateral sepals lanceolate, 7-9 × 3-5 mm, acuminate. Petals linear-lanceolate, 7-8 × 1-2 mm, acuminate; lip suboblong in outline, 3-7 × 3-5 mm, 3-lobed above middle; lateral lobes subovate, 1-2 mm, acute; mid-lobe oblong, 2-3 × 1-2 mm, rounded; disk with 3 lamellae, central lamella running to base of mid-lobe, lateral lamellae shorter but higher than central one. Column 2-4 mm; foot 2-4 mm. Capsule obovoid-cylindric, 1.5-2 cm. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Sep-Oct.

● Epiphytic on tree trunks in forests; 700-2000 m. W Guangxi, Hainan, S Yunnan.