华西杓兰（中国兰花全书）
Cypripedium farreri W. W. Smith in Notes Bot. Gard. Edinb. 9: 102. 1916; S. Y. Hu in Quart. J. Taiwan Mus. 26(1-2): 144. 1973; S. C. Chen et Y. Z. Xi in Proc. 12th World Orch. Conf. 144. 1987; Cribb, Genus Cypripedium 167. fig. 24. pl. 54. 1997; 中国兰花全书108. 图6-3(1). 1998. ——Cypripedium zhongdianense Z. D. Fang, Wild. Fl. Hengduan Mt. 209. pl. 37. 1993, nom. inval.
Stony grasslands, shaded cliffs in open forests; 2600-3400 m. S Gansu, Guizhou, NW and W Sichuan, NW Yunnan. |
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Plants 20-30 cm tall, with a stout, short rhizome. Stem erect, nearly glabrous, with several sheaths at base and often 2 leaves above. Leaf blade elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 6-9 × 2.5-3.5 cm, glabrous, minutely ciliate, apex acute or shortly acuminate. |
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Inflorescence terminal, with 1 flower; peduncle pubescent toward apex; floral bracts foliaceous, narrowly ovate-elliptic or ovate, 3.5-5 × 1-1.5 cm, glabrous, apex acuminate; pedicel and ovary ca. 2.5 cm, slightly glandular hairy. Flower fragrant; sepals and petals greenish yellow, marked with maroon longitudinal stripes or also spots; lip waxy yellow, with maroon spots inside. Dorsal sepal ovate or ovate-elliptic, 3-3.5 × ca. 1.5 cm, abaxially sparsely shortly hairy on veins, apex acuminate; synsepal ovate-lanceolate, ca. as long as dorsal sepal, ca. 1.1 cm wide, abaxially slightly puberulent, apex shallowly 2-lobed. Petals lanceolate, 3-4 × 0.6-0.7 cm, pubescent toward adaxial base and on abaxial midvein, apex acuminate; lip deeply pouched, urceolate, 2.5-3.3 × 1.5-2 cm, with a dilated mouth grooved-toothed along margin. Staminode suboblong-ovate, ca. 10 × 5 mm, base subsessile. Fl. Jun. |
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