Gastrochilus subpapillosus Z. H. Tsi, Guihaia. 16: 142. 1996.歪头盆距兰 wai tou pen ju lan

Stems ca. 2 cm, stout, with 5 or 6 leaves. Leaf blade spatulate or nearly oblong, 13-18.5 × ca. 2.1 cm, apex unequally 2-lobed. Inflorescence subumbellate, 3-3.5 cm, 5- or 6-flowered; peduncle ca. 3 cm, with 2 or 3 cupular sheaths; floral bracts broadly ovate, ca. 4 mm; pedicel and ovary ca. 1.4 cm. Sepals and petals yellow, with purple spots; lip white with yellow cushion on epichile. Sepals similar, oblong, 6-7 × ca. 3 mm, 3-veined, apex obtuse. Petals subspatulate, ca. 6 × 2.2 mm, 3-veined, apex obtuse; lip with an epichile and a saccate hypochile; epichile broadly triangular, ca. 2 × 6 mm, adaxially sparsely shortly papillate-hairy except on central cushion, margin erose; hypochile cucullate, ± laterally compressed, ca. 4 mm tall, ca. 6 mm in diam. Column ca. 5 mm, stout; rostellum deeply 2-lobed; anther cap narrowed toward apex. Fl. Oct.

● On tree trunks in dense forests; 1100-1400 m. S Yunnan.