球花石斛 Dendrobium thyrsiflorum Rchb. f.
粗黄草(玉溪)
Dendrobium thyrsiflorum Rchb. f. (1875)*;W. W. Smith(1921);S. Y. Hu(1973);Seidenf. (1980*,1992);Averyanov(1990,1994);Z. H. Tsi et S. C. Chen(1995);Z. H. Tsi,S. C. Chen et K. Mori(1997)*;中国兰花全书(1998);中国植物志(1999).
Dendrobium densiflorum auct. non Lindl.:图鉴(1976),pro parte;西藏植物志(1987)pro parte.
Epiphytic on tree trunks in mountain forests; 1100-1800 m. SE Yunnan [NE India, Laos, Myanmar, N Thailand, Vietnam]. | ||
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Stems erect or ascending, cylindric, 12-46 cm, stout, 7-16 mm in diam., base contracted and narrowly cylindric, with several nodes, with several longitudinal ridges, yellowish brown and glossy. | ||
Leaves 3 or 4 on upper part of stem, alternate, oblanceolate, 9-16 × 2.4-5 cm, leathery, base not decurrent into clasping sheaths, but narrowed into a stalk ca. 6 mm, apex acute. | ||
Inflorescence arising laterally on previous year’s leafy stem, pendulous, 10-16 cm, densely many flowered; peduncle with 3 or 4 papery basal sheaths; floral bracts pale white, obovate, 10-15 × 5-13(or more) mm, papery, with several veins, not convolute when dry, apex bluntly rounded. Pedicel and ovary with pale white stripes tinged with purple, 2.5-3 cm. Flowers spreading, thin; sepals and petals white, sometimes flushed pink especially abaxially, lip golden yellow, column white, foot pale yellow, anther cap white. Dorsal sepal ovate, ca. 15 × 8 mm, 5-veined, entire, obtuse; lateral sepals slightly obliquely ovate-lanceolate, ca. 17 × 7 mm, 5-veined, entire, obtuse; mentum subglobose, ca. 4 mm wide. Petals suborbicular, ca. 14 × 12 mm, 7-veined with many secondary veins, base with claw ca. 2 mm, margin irregularly finely toothed above base, apex bluntly rounded; lip suborbicular to triangular, ca. 15 × 19 mm, abaxially sparsely pubescent, adaxially densely pubescent, bluntly rounded, base with claw ca. 3 mm; claw ornamented with a ligulate structure; column foot ca. 4 mm; anther cap compressed, conic.
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果实:果期12月。 |