指甲兰（中国兰花全书）
Aerides falcata Lindl. in Paxl., Fl. Gard. 2: 142. 1882; Rchb. f. in Walp Ann. Bot. Syn. 6: 897, 1863; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 46. 1890; Christenson in Proc. 12th World Orchid Conference (Tokyo): 35. 1987; Seidenf. in Opera Bot. 95: 245, fig. 153. 1988; Averyanov, Vasc. Pl. Syn. Vietnam. Fl. 1: 22. 1990; Seldenf., l. c. 114: 428. 1992; Averyanov, Iden. Guide Vietnam. Orch.: 342. 1994; 中国兰花全书: 171. 1998.
Epiphytic on tree trunks in evergreen broad-leaved forests. SE Yunnan [Cambodia, NE India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].
我们的标本不甚完整，但花的结构无疑是属于本种。
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Stems ± elongate, stout, with several distichous leaves. |
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Leaf blade lorate, 20-29 × 2.5-3.7 cm. |
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Inflorescences racemose, sparsely several flowered. Flowers 2-2.5 cm in diam., whitish, tinged or spotted with purple or purplish red. Dorsal sepal broadly ovate or suborbicular, ca. 12 × 10 mm; lateral sepals broadly ovate, base completely adnate to column foot. Petals smaller than sepals; lip movable, spurred, 3-lobed; lateral lobes falcate-oblong; mid-lobe nearly broadly ovate, ca. 12 × 18 mm, margin erose-denticulate, apex emarginate, base with a suborbicular callus near spur entrance; spur ascending, nearly parallel to mid-lobe, 3-4 mm. Column 3-4 mm, foot ca. 1 cm or more; anther cap narrowed and beaked at apex. Fl. unknown. 2n = 38.
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