Pogonia yunnanensis Finet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France. 44: 419. 1898.云南朱兰 yun nan zhu lan

Plants (2-)5-9(-12) cm tall. Rhizome ca. 5 × 1 mm, with several slender roots. Leaf elliptic, 1-3(-4.5) × (0.4-)0.7-1.5(-2) cm, slightly fleshy, base contracted and amplexicaul, apex acute. Floral bract positioned up to 2.5 cm above leaf, narrowly elliptic, narrowly ovate, or narrowly ovate-lanceolate, 5-17(-20) mm. Flower solitary, terminal, suberect, not opening widely, rose-pink with a red-purple lip; pedicel and ovary 5-8(-15) mm. Sepals narrowly oblong, 14-17 × ca. 3 mm, apex acute. Petals narrowly obovate-oblong, 12-16 × 3.5-4 mm, apex obtuse; lip narrowly oblong, 13-15 × ca. 3 mm, usually slightly shorter than sepals, slightly contracted toward base, 3-lobed above middle; lateral lobes narrowly triangular-ovate, 1-2 mm, apex acute; mid-lobe linear-oblong, 5-6 × ca. 2.5 mm, densely papillose-hairy, margin irregularly denticulate; disk with 2 longitudinal ridges extending from base of lip to base of mid-lobe and becoming papillose-hairy toward apex. Column suberect, slightly curved, 6-8 mm. Capsule erect, obovate-elliptic, 10-12 × 3-6 mm. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Oct.

● Alpine grasslands, Abies forests; 2300-3300 m. SW and W Sichuan, SE Xizang, NW Yunnan.