密花毛兰（西藏植物志）
Eria spicata (D. Don) Hand. -Mazz., Symb. Sin. 7: 1353. 1936; Seidenf. in Opera Bot. 62: 126. fig. 78. 1982; 西藏植物志 5: 801. 图436. 1987; 横断山区维管植物 2: 2585. 1994. ——Octomeria spicata D. Don, Prod. Fl. Nep. 31. 825. ——Eria convallarioides Lindl. Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. : 70. 1830. ——Octomeria convallarioides Wall. ex Lindl., l. c. pro syn. ——Eria salwinensis Hand. -Mazz., Symb. Sin. 7: 1352. Abb. 42: 8-9. 1936.
Epiphytic on trees on wooded slopes or lithophytic on rocks in valley forests; 800-2800 m. S and SE Xizang, S Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, N Vietnam].
The type specimen was collected from Nepal. |
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Pseudobulbs contiguous, cylindric or fusiform, 3-16 × 0.5-1.5 cm, with 1 internode, distally 2-4-leaved. |
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Leaves petiolate, elliptic or obovate-lanceolate, 5-22 × 1-4 cm, apex obtuse. |
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Inflorescences 1-3, arising from near apex of pseudobulb, 3-5 cm, densely many flowered, with 2 basal sheaths; rachis, pedicel, and ovary densely rusty puberulent; floral bracts lanceolate, ca. 8 mm, glabrous, acuminate. Flowers white, lip apex yellow; pedicel and ovary 2-4 mm. Dorsal sepal elliptic, ca. 6 × 2.5 mm, obtuse-rounded; lateral sepals ovate-triangular, oblique, ca. 6 × 3.5 mm, acute. Petals elliptic, ca. 5 × 2 mm, obtuse-rounded; lip subrhombic in outline, ca. 5 × 5 mm, base narrowed into a claw, 3-lobed; lateral lobes perpendicular to mid-lobe, ovate-triangular; mid-lobe deltoid, ca. 1 × 1.5 mm, thickened, acuminate. Column ca. 2 mm, upper part slightly enlarged; foot ca. 3 mm.
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Capsule cylindric, ca. 1.5 cm × nearly 3 mm. Fl. Jul-Oct. | ||
