多花指甲兰（中国高等植物图鉴）
Aerides rosea Lodd. ex Lindl. et Paxt. in Paxt., Fl. Gard. 2: 109, t. 60. 1852; Christenson in Proc. 12th World Orchid Conference (Tokyo): 35. 1987; Seidenf. in Opera Bot. 95: 249, fig. 157. 1988; Averyanov, Vasc. Pl. Syn. Vietnam. Fl. 1: 23. 1990; Seidenf., l. c. 114: 428, 1992; Averyanov, Iden. Gard. Vietnam. Orch.: 342. 1994; Z. H. Tsi et S. C. Chen in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 33 (3): 288. 1995; Z. H. Tsi, S. C. Chen et K. Mori, Wild Orch. China: 91, pl. 122. 1997; 中国兰花全书: 172. 1988. ——A. multiflora auct. non Roxb.: 中国高等植物图鉴5: 756. 图8342. 1976.
Epiphytic on tree trunks in open forests or at forest margins; 300-1600 m. S Guangxi, SW Guizhou, S and SE Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam]. |
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Stems 5-20 cm, ca. 2.5 cm in diam., stout. |
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Leaf blade narrowly oblong or lorate, 28-30 × 2-3.5 cm, fleshy, obtuse and unequally bilobed. |
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Inflorescences often 1-3, arising from peduncle sheath, pendulous, racemose or paniculate, 15-35 cm, densely 20-40-flowered; floral bracts ovate-lanceolate, 5-7 mm. Flowers white, spotted or tinged with purplish red, particularly on lip, opening widely; pedicel and ovary 12-14 mm. Dorsal sepal subobovate, ca. 12 × 7 mm, base contracted, apex obtuse; lateral sepals slightly oblique, ovate, ca. 8 × 7 mm, obtuse. Petals obovate, ca. 10 × 7 mm, obtuse; lip deltoid to trullate, slightly laterally compressed, 1.4-1.6 × 0.8-1.1 cm, immovable, 3-lobed, apex acute; lateral lobes small, incurved over mouth of spur; mid-lobe hastate, triangular-acute, margin slightly irregularly denticulate, base with a linear appendage running into spur; appendage hooked tipped, minutely papillate; spur spreading horizontally, parallel to mid-lobe, narrowly conic, ca. 5 mm. Column ca. 5 mm, foot ca. 1 mm. |
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Capsule subovoid, ca. 2 × 1.2 cm. Fl. Jul, fr. Aug-Oct. 2n = 38. | ||
