玫瑰宿苞兰 mei gui su bao lan

Basionym: Eria rosea Lindley, Bot. Reg. 12: ad t. 978. 1826; Octomeria rosea (Lindley) Sprengel; Pinalia rosea (Lindley) Kuntze; Xiphosium roseum (Lindley) Griffith.

Rhizome stout, ca. 1 cm in diam. Pseudobulbs contiguous, or 1-2 cm apart from each other, ovoid, 2-5 × 1-2 cm, enclosed in sheaths when young, apex 1-leaved. Leaf blade lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 16-40 × 2-5 cm, thickly leathery, obtuse or acute; petiole 3-6 cm. Inflorescence nearly as long as leaf, laxly 2-5-flowered; floral bracts deciduous when fruiting, linear, 2-5 cm. Flowers white or pink; pedicel and ovary 1-3 cm. Dorsal sepal ovate-oblong, ca. 12 × 5 mm, dorsally carinate; lateral sepals triangular-lanceolate, ca. 14 × 8-9 mm, dorsally carinate, obtuse; mentum ca. 4 mm. Petals subrhombic, ca. 11 × 6 mm, base cuneate, apex obtuse; lip obovate-elliptic or subovate in outline, 13-14 × 8-10 mm, base narrowed or subtruncate, 3-lobed; lateral lobes incurved, subovate; mid-lobe subspatulate or subquadrate, 4-6 × 4-5 mm, apex rounded and emarginate; disk with 2 or 3 thickened lamellae running from base to base of mid-lobe, further divided into 7 thinner lamellae. Column ca. 6 mm, apex slightly dilated; foot 4-6 mm. Capsule cylindric, 3-4 cm. Fl. Jan-Feb, fr. Mar-Apr.

● Epiphytic on trees or lithophytic on rocks in dense forests; ca. 1300 m. Hainan, Hong Kong.