深裂沼兰（新拟）红花沼兰（植物分类学报）
Malaxis purpurea (Lindl.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 673. 1891; Seidenf. in Dansk Bot. Ark. 33 (1): 63. fig. 45. 1978, et in Opera Bot. 114: 147. 1992; Averyanov, Iden. Guide Vietnam. Orch. 150. 1994; z. H. TsietS. C. Chen in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 33 (3): 294. 1995. ——Microstylis purpurea Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orch. Pl. 20. 1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 5: 687. 1890. ——Microstylis liparidioides Schltr. in Fedde Repert. Sp. Nov. Beih. 4: 62. 1919. ——Malaxis liparidioides (Schltr.) T. Tang et F. T. Wang in Acta Phytotax. 1 (1): 72. 1951.
Forests, humid places in thickets; 400-1800 m. S Guangxi, W Sichuan, Taiwan, S and SW Yunnan [NE India, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam].The type specimen was collected from Sri Lanka.
Malaxis acuminata D. Don in ' Vascular Plants of the Hengduan Mountains ' ( 1994 ) may be mistaken for this species, but it is not certain since the specimen on which it is based has no relatively complete flowers. |
| |
Plants terrestrial. Stem cylindric, 2-4(-15) cm, 5-7 mm in diam., fleshy, with several nodes, ± enclosed in sheaths. |
| |
Leaves often 3 or 4, obliquely ovate or oblong, 8-16.5 × 3-5.8 cm, base contracted into a sheathlike, amplexicaul petiole 3-4 cm, apex acuminate or caudate-acuminate. |
| |
Inflorescence erect; peduncle 15-25 cm, nearly wingless; rachis 7-15 cm, 10-30- or more flowered; floral bracts lanceolate, 3-5 mm. Flowers red or occasionally pale yellow, 8-10 mm in diam.; pedicel and ovary 6-12 mm. Dorsal sepal suboblong, 4.5-6 × ca. 1.5 mm, apex obtuse; lateral sepals broadly oblong or broadly ovate-oblong, 3-4.5 × 2-2.5 mm, apex obtuse or acute. Petals narrowly linear, 4-5.5 × 0.6-0.9 mm; lip superior, subovoid-rectangular in outline, 6-8 mm, abruptly contracted near middle and ± shoulderlike, base with a central depression, apex deeply 2-lobed, sinus 1.5-2.5 mm deep; auricles ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 2.5-3 mm, decurrent backward embracing column. Column ca. 1 mm, stout. Fl. Jun-Jul. |
| |
| ||
| ||
|
| |
|
| |
fruit: |
| |
