ORCHIDACEAE - China

298EPIDENDROIDEAEColumn ca. 7 mm, dilated at apex, wings not decurrent to baseof lip, ventrally puberulent at base; rostellum 2-lobed; lobes ca.0.8 mm; anther cap ovate, ± beaked; pollinia slightly compressedobovoid, equal in size, ca. 1 mm, with short caudicles;viscidium peltate, small. Fl. Jun.● Forests; 2400–2500 m. W Sichuan.11. Calanthe puberula Lindley, Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 252. 1833.镰 萼 虾 脊 兰 lian e xia ji lanAlismorkis puberula (Lindley) Kuntze; Calanthe amoenaW. W. Smith; C. lepida W. W. Smith; Paracalanthe reflexa(Maximowicz) Kudô var. puberula (Lindley) Kudô.Plants 25–60 cm tall. Rhizome usually inconspicuous.Pseudobulbs narrowly cylindric, ca. 2 × 1.5 cm, enclosed in leafsheaths. Leaves 4 or 5, basal, well developed at anthesis, notdeciduous; blade elliptic or elliptic-oblong, 12–22 × 5–7 cm,glabrous or sparsely puberulent along veins abaxially, with 5main veins, apex acute or acuminate; petiole-like base to 13 cm.Scapes 1 or 2, arising from near apex of pseudobulb, erect, 23–40 cm, slender, with several lanceolate sterile bracts; rachis 6–14 cm, laxly 4–10-flowered; floral bracts persistent, lanceolate,13–20 mm, abaxially puberulent, apex long acuminate. Flowerspink; pedicel and ovary 15–20 mm, densely puberulent. Sepalssimilar, ovate-lanceolate, 11–16(–20) × ca. 5 mm, abaxially puberulent,5-veined, apex cuspidate; lateral sepals oblique. Petalslinear, 11–13 × 1–2(–3) mm, 1–3-veined, apex acuminate; lipadnate to base of column wings, 11–13 × 6–11 mm, spurless, 3-lobed; lateral lobes oblong-falcate, 7–9 mm across their apices,margin entire, apex obtuse; mid-lobe rhombic-elliptic to obovate-cuneate,apical margin irregularly dentate or fringed, apexacute; disk without lamellae or calli. Column ca. 6 mm, glabrous;rostellum 3-lobed; anther cap narrowly ovate-cordate, ca.4 mm; pollinia clavate, ca. 2 mm, with conspicuous caudicles;viscidium linear, ca. 1 mm. Fl. Jun–Aug. 2n = 40, 40 + 1B, 42.Evergreen broad-leaved forests; 1200–3000 m. SE Xizang, SEand W Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, Japan, Nepal, N Vietnam].12. Calanthe reflexa Maximowicz, Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 18: 68. 1873.反 瓣 虾 脊 兰 fan ban xia ji lanAlismorkis reflexa (Maximowicz) Kuntze; Calanthe puberulaLindley var. reflexa (Maximowicz) M. Hiroe; C. similisSchlechter; Paracalanthe reflexa (Maximowicz) Kudô.Plants 20–45 cm tall. Rhizome inconspicuous. Pseudobulbsshort, ca. 1 cm in diam., sometimes inconspicuous.Leaves 4 or 5, basal, well developed at anthesis, not deciduous;blade elliptic, 15–20 × 3–6.5 cm, apex acute; petiole-like base2–4 cm. Scapes 1 or 2, erect, 20–40 cm, puberulent; rachis 5–20cm, laxly 10–18-flowered; floral bracts persistent, narrowlylanceolate, 18–24 mm, glabrous, apex acuminate. Flowers palepurplish pink; pedicel and ovary ca. 20 mm, glabrous. Sepalssimilar, strongly reflexed, ovate-lanceolate, 15–20 × ca. 5 mm,abaxially puberulent, 5-veined, apex cuspidate-acute; lateral sepalsoblique. Petals reflexed, linear, 15–18 × 1–3 mm, 1–3-veined, apex acuminate; lip adnate to base of column wings, 9–11 × 7–10 mm, spurless, 3-lobed; lateral lobes oblong-falcate,ca. 8 mm across their apices, margin entire, apex obtuse; midlobesubelliptic or obovate-cuneate, ca. 8 × 8 mm, apical marginirregularly dentate, apex acute; disk without lamellae orcalli. Column ca. 6 mm, glabrous; rostellum 3-lobed; lobes narrowlyfalcate, mid-lobe shorter and sharply tooth-shaped. Fl.May–Jun. 2n = 40, 42.Evergreen broad-leaved forests, mossy rocks on streamsides oralong valleys; 600–2500 m. Anhui, N Guangdong, N Guangxi, Guizhou,Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, W Sichuan, Taiwan, NE and SW Yunnan,Zhejiang [Japan, Korea].13. Calanthe alpina J. D. Hooker ex Lindley, Fol. Orchid. 6–7(Calanthe): 4. 1855.流 苏 虾 脊 兰 liu su xia ji lanAlismorkis alpina (J. D. Hooker ex Lindley) Kuntze;Calanthe buccinifera Rolfe; C. fimbriata Franchet; C. fimbriatomarginataFukuyama; C. schlechteri H. Hara.Plants 25–50 cm tall. Rhizome inconspicuous. Pseudobulbsnarrowly conic, small, ca. 7 mm in diam. Leaves 3, welldeveloped at anthesis, not deciduous; blade elliptic or obovateelliptic,11–26 × 3–6(–9) cm, apex obtuse-rounded and mucronateor acute; petiole-like base sheathing, sometimes forming apseudostem to ca. 7 cm. Scape 1 or rarely 2, arising from leafaxils, erect, 30–50 cm, sparsely puberulent; rachis 3–12 cm,laxly to densely 3- to more than 10-flowered; floral bracts persistent,narrowly lanceolate, ca. 1.5 cm, glabrous, apex acuminate.Flowers pale yellow-green, with pink-purple blotchesand striations; pedicel and ovary ca. 20 mm, sparsely puberulent.Dorsal sepal subelliptic, 15–20 × 5–6 mm, 5-veined, apexaristate; lateral sepals ovate-lanceolate, 15–20 × 6–7 mm, 5-veined, apex aristate. Petals narrowly oblong to ovate-lanceolate,12–13 × 4–4.5 mm, 3-veined, apex acute to acuminate;lip basally adnate to base of column wings, pale greenishwhite, basal half yellow, apical half with purplish red striations,suborbicular-flabellate, ca. 8 × 15 mm, base broadly truncate,unlobed, apical margin fimbriate, apex emarginate; spurstraight, yellow or pale violet, cylindric, 15–35 × 3–5 mm, apexobtuse. Column white, ca. 8 mm, dilated at apex, glabrous; rostellum2-lobed; lobes ca. 1 mm; pollinia obovoid, ca. 1.3 mm,with short caudicles; viscidium suboblong, small. Capsule obovoid-elliptic,ca. 2 × 1.5 cm. Fl. Nov. 2n = 40, 42.Forests, grassy slopes; 1500–3500 m. S Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan,Taiwan, S and SE Xizang, W Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, Japan, Nepal].14. Calanthe whiteana King & Pantling, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal,Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 65: 121. 1896.四 川 虾 脊 兰 si chuan xia ji lanCalanthe wardii W. W. Smith.Plants ca. 80 cm tall. Rhizome inconspicuous. Pseudobulbsconic, ca. 1 cm in diam., enclosed in leaf sheaths. Leavesusually 3, not well developed at anthesis, suberect, not deciduous;blade ensiform or narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, ca. 32 ×2.5–4.5 cm, apex acute; petiole-like base usually forming apseudostem to ca. 7 cm long and ca. 1.5 cm in diam. Scapearising from leaf axil, erect, to 70 cm, stout, puberulent, with 1