Pleione limprichtii Schlechter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 12: 346. 1922.

四川独蒜兰 si chuan du suan lan

Pleione bulbocodioides (Franchet) Rolfe var. limprichtii (Schlechter) P. J. Cribb.

Herbs, terrestrial or lithophytic. Pseudobulb green or purple, conic-ovoid, 3-4 × 2-2.5 cm, with an elongated neck, 1-leaved. Leaf immature at anthesis, lanceolate, ca. 13 × 4 cm, papery, apex acute. Inflorescence erect; peduncle 10-12 cm, covered by several sheaths below middle; floral bracts pale purplish red, oblanceolate, 22-25 × 6-8 mm, exceeding ovary, apex acute. Flowers solitary or rarely 2, purplish red to rose-pink, lip with brick-red spots and white lamellae. Dorsal sepal narrowly elliptic, 30-35 × 5-9 mm, apex acute; lateral sepals narrowly elliptic, slightly oblique, 28-35 × 6-10 mm, slightly wider but shorter than dorsal sepal, apex acute. Petals oblanceolate, falcate, 30-35 × 4-5 mm, apex acute; lip suborbicular, 25-40 × 25-35 cm, obscurely 3-lobed toward apex, apical margin lacerate, apex emarginate; disk with 4 irregularly denticulate or erose lamellae. Column ± arcuate, 25-30 mm; column wings very narrow below middle, dilated above. Fl. Apr-May. 2n = 40, 80.

On humus-covered or mossy rocks, cliffs; 2000-2500 m. SW Sichuan, Yunnan [N Myanmar].