翅萼宿苞兰 cryptochilus carinatus
Origin : from southeast to south of Yunnan ; vietnam, Laos are also distributed. New record in China.
This species is close to rosebud, the difference is that this species flower is dark red, pedicels together with ovary triangular prism winged, lateral sepals with wider wings, wing ends with irregular teeth. | | |
Stem : Rhizome is thick, about 5-8mm in diameter. The pseudobulbs are connected, or 0.5-1.5cm apart from each other, nearly conical, about 2.5-6cm long, about 1.5-3.5cm wide, and are sheathed when young. |
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Leaves : 1 apical leaf ovate or oblong, ca. 12.7-34.4 cm long, ca. 4.5-6 cm wide, thick leathery, apex acute or short, base gradually narrow into a stalk ; the petiole is about 2.5-7.5 cm long. |
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Flowers : scapes from the top of young pseudobulbs together with leaves ; racemes, with 2-3 flowers, dark red ; the bracts are nearly lanceolate, about 3.2-5.5 cm in length and 8 mm in width. The apex is long and acuminate, and the back is keel-like. Pedicels with ovary triangular-edged winged, ca. 1.4-1.6 cm ; middle sepals subovate - lanceolate, ca. 1.9-2.1 cm long, ca. 8 mm wide, abaxially keel-like, apex shortly pointed ; lateral sepals subtriangular lanceolate, ca. 2-2.4 cm long, middle width of ca. 6-7 mm, back with wings up to 2 mm, wing ends with irregular teeth ; petals subovate lanceolate, about 1.8 cm long, about 8 mm wide, apex acute ; 3 - cleft lip, about 1. 5 cn long ; lateral lobes sublunar, erect, about 3 mm wide ; on the labial disc, 3 hypertrophic folds extend from base to the tip of middle lobe. The middle lobe is nearly wide ovate, about 9 mm long and 7 mm wide, with a short tip. Stamens white, about 8mm long, about 4mm thick, slightly enlarged upper end ; stamen column foot pink, about 8mm long, about 3mm wide ; medicine cap helmet, yellow ; the pollen mass is slightly obovate, 8, about 1-1.5mm long and about 1mm wide. Flowering : October-November. |  | |
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