西昌风兰 xi chang feng lan

Plants tufted. Stems ca. 2 cm. Leaves 6 or 7, linear, 4-6 × 0.5-0.6 cm, rigid, conduplicate and sheathing toward base, apex obliquely bilobed. Inflorescence including flowers 4-5 cm, (2 or)3- or 4-flowered; peduncle 3-5 mm; floral bracts subovate, 3-4 mm, scarious. Flowers unscented, sepals and petals pinkish, becoming whitish, lip white; pedicel and ovary green at base, whitish green toward top, 3.3-3.5 cm. Dorsal sepal suboblong, 6-7 × 2-3 mm, obtuse; lateral sepals obliquely oblong, 6-7 × 2-3 mm, mucronate. Petals suboblong, 5-6 × 1.5-2 mm, obtuse; lip ovate-oblong in outline, 6-7 × 3-4 mm, 3-lobed; lateral lobes erect, obliquely oblanceolate; mid-lobe slightly recurved, ligulate, ca. 3 × 1.5 mm; disk with an indistinct transverse ridge between mid-lobe and disk; spur spreading horizontally and slightly upward, curved, cylindric, 1.5-1.6 cm × 1-1.5 mm. Column ca. 2 mm. Fl. Apr-May.

● Epiphytic on tree trunks along valleys; 1400-1500 m. SW Sichuan (Xichang).