Liparis kwangtungensis Schlechter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19: 379. 1924.

广东羊耳蒜 guang dong yang er suan

Herbs, epiphytic, small. Pseudobulbs subovoid or ovoid, 5-7 × 3-5 mm. Leaf 1, subelliptic or oblong, 2-5 × 0.7-1.1 cm, papery, base contracted into a conspicuous petiole, articulate, apex acuminate. Inflorescence 3-5.5 cm; peduncle somewhat compressed, very narrowly winged; rachis 1.5-2.5 cm, several flowered; floral bracts narrowly lanceolate, 3-4 mm. Flowers greenish yellow, very small; pedicel and ovary 3-4 mm. Dorsal sepal broadly linear, 4-4.5 × 1-1.2 mm, apex obtuse; lateral sepals ca. 4 × 1 mm. Petals narrowly linear, 3.5-4 × ca. 0.5 mm; lip obovate-oblong, 4-4.5 × ca. 2 mm, base with a distinct or rarely inconspicuous callus, apex subtruncate and irregularly denticulate, centrally mucronulate. Column slightly arcuate, 2.5-3 mm, upper part winged; wings sublanceolate-triangular, ca. 0.7 mm wide, ± decurrent and slightly hooked. Capsule obovoid, 4-5 × 3-4 mm; fruiting pedicel 3-4 mm. Fl. Oct.

● Forests or rocks along valleys. W Fujian, E and S Guangdong.