宿苞兰（中国高等植物图鉴）
Cryptochilus luteus Lindl. in J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 3: 21. 1859; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 5: 827. 1890; King et Pantl. in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 8: 164. pl. 221. 1898; 中国高等植物图鉴5: 713. 图 8256. 1976; 西藏植物志5: 794. 图 431. 1987. ——Cryptochilus farreri Schltr. in Fedde Repert. Sp. Nov. 20: 384. 1924.
Epiphytic on trees or lithophytic on rocks in dense forests or at forest margins; 1000-2300 m. W to SE Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, N Vietnam]. |
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Pseudobulbs clustered on a short rhizome, cylindric, 1.5-3.5 cm × 5-10 mm, 2-leaved. |
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Leaf blade narrowly oblong or suboblanceolate-oblong, 5-16.5 × 1-2.5 cm, papery, acuminate; petiole 1-3 cm. |
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Inflorescence subdensely 20-40-flowered; peduncle 7-14 cm, slender, glabrous; rachis 3.5-8 cm; floral bracts alternate, narrowly lanceolate, 6-14 mm, grooved, long acuminate. Flowers yellowish green or yellow; pedicel and ovary 3-4 mm, densely pubescent. Sepals connate into an urceolate tube, 3-5 mm, outer surface glabrous; free apical lobes ovate-triangular, ca. 1 mm; lateral sepals convex on one side; mentum saccate, short. Petals hidden in mentum, obovate-lanceolate, 3.5-4 × ca. 0.8 mm; lip subrhombic-cuneate, 3.5-4 × ca. 0.8 mm, base slightly curved, apex obtuse. Column short, thick, apex dilated, with a short foot. Capsule suboblong, 6-7 × 3-3.5 mm. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Sep-Oct. |
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