大花（紫花）大苞兰sunipia grandiflora
China. Yunnan (云南): Xishuangbanna (西双版纳), Menghai (勐海), alt. 1 600 m, 2011-11-26, on tree, broad-leaved evergreen forests, LI Jian-wu (李剑武) 1250 (HITBC). Distribution: China (Yunnan), Laos, Thailand |
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Rhizomes creeping, ca. 2 mm in diam.. Pseu-dobulbs 1-3 cm apart along the rhizome, ovoid, 8-13 mm long, 8-11 mm in diam., each with 1-leaf on top. |
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Leaf fleshy and leathery; petiole ca. 4 mm long; leaf blade erect, oblong, 4-5×0.8-1 cm, base cuneate, apex obtuse and retuse. |
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Scape ca. 3 cm long; raceme few flowered; floral bracts ovate-lanceolate, ca. 6 mm. Pedicel and ovary ca. 1.2 cm long, flowers purple, sepals full open; dorsal sepal oblong, ca. 13 × 6 mm, 7-veined, apex acute, reflexed; lateral sepals oblong, ca. 13 × 8 mm, 5-veined, apex acute, slightly connate; petals subulate, 11 × 5 mm, fimbriate in middle part of edges; lip broad cordate-ovate, apex obtuse, centre greatly thickened and fleshy, 11 × 8 mm, margins erose-lacerate, base retuse and carinate. Column ca. 3.5 mm, stout, with a foot ca. 1 mm, apex with 4 dentations; 2 porrect, ca. 2.2 mm long; 2 incurved, ca. 1 mm long. Anther cap galeated; pollinia 4, hemispheric. Flowering from November to December. |
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