尾萼卷瓣兰（西藏植物志）
Bulbophyllum caudatum Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orch. Pl.: 56. 1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 5: 759. 1890; Tuyama in H. Hara, Fl. East. Himal. 1: 426. 1966; Banerji et Thapa in J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 66: 290. 1969; Seidenf. in Dansk Bot. Ark. 29 (1): 167, fig. 81. 1973; H. Hara et al. Enum. Flow. Pl. Nepal 1: 32. 1978; 西藏植物志 5: 826. 1987. ——Cirrhopetalum caudatum (Lindl.) King et Pantl. in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 8: 93, pl. 129. 1898.
Fl. unknown. 2n = 38. Tree trunks in evergreen broad-leaved forests; 800-1000 m. SE Xizang [India (Sikkim), Nepal].
本种我们仅看到无花的标本，其叶的形状、大小和宿存的部分花葶等特征来看无疑是本种。上述花的描述系摘自 King et Pantl. (1898) 对本种的记载。 |
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Rhizome slender, 1-2 mm in diam., branched, rooting from their nodes. Pseudobulbs 2-8 cm apart from each other, ovoid, 1-2.5 cm, 6-10 mm in diam., with a terminal leaf. |
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Petiole short, 2-3 mm; leaf blade ovate-lanceolate or sometimes oblong, 2.5-6.5 × 1-1.5 cm, leathery, apex acute or obtuse. |
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Scape from base of pseudobulb, erect, usually 1-3 cm; umbel flabellate, many flowered; floral bracts lanceolate, nearly as long as pedicel and ovary. Flowers white. Dorsal sepal ovate-oblong, ca. 5 × 2.5 mm, apex acuminate; lateral sepals free, parallel to each other or slightly divergent, lanceolate, 25-35 mm, apex long caudate. Petals obovate-oblong, short, apex obtuse; lip oblong, ca. as long as petals, clawed at base, basal margins erect, distal margins decurved. Column stout, with nearly suborbicular wings; stelidia slender; anther cap papillate. |
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