斑舌兰（中国兰花全书）
Cymbidium tigrinum Parish ex Hook. in Curtis’s Bot. Mag. 90: t. 5457. 1864; Du Puy et Cribb, Genus Cymbidium 154. Pl. 23. phot. 118, 119. fig. 26 (6). 1988; 中国兰花全书87.图5-13.彩图5-13.1998.——Cyerorchis tigrina (Parish ex Hook.) Schltr. in Fedde Repert. Sp. Nov. 20: 108. 1924.
Western Yunnan. Habitat unknown. Northeast India and Myanmar are also distributed.
It is cultivated in Yunnan and is said to be from western Yunnan. We have no such specimen. The above description is mainly from,Du Puy et Cribb《The Genus Cymbidium》 (1988) 。 |
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Plants epiphytic or lithophytic, autotrophic. Pseudobulbs subglobose or globose-ovoid, strongly bilaterally compressed, lens-shaped, 3-5 × 3-3.5 cm, naked, with several sheaths at base. |
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Leaves usually 2-4, borne at apex of pseudobulb, narrowly elliptic, 15-20 × ca. 3.5 cm, articulate 1-1.5 cm from base, base contracted into a distinct petiole-like stalk, apex long acuminate. |
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Inflorescence arising from base of pseudobulb, arching, 10-20 cm; rachis 2-5-flowered; floral bracts triangular, 4-9 mm. Flowers slightly fragrant; pedicel and ovary 20-45 mm; sepals and petals yellowish green, tinged reddish brown and with purplish brown spots near base; lip white tinged purplish brown on lateral lobes and with reddish brown spots and short transverse dashes on mid-lobe, becoming pink following pollination. Sepals narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, 35-40 × 8-12 mm, apex acuminate. Petals narrowly elliptic, 34-38 × 6-10 mm, apex acute; lip subobovate, base fused to basal margins of column for 2-3 mm, 3-lobed; lateral lobes erect, ca. 12 mm wide; mid-lobe recurved, margin undulate; disk minutely papillate, with 2 glabrous longitudinal lamellae extending from base of lip to near base of mid-lobe. Column 25-30 mm; pollinia 2. Fl. Mar-Jul. |
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