ORCHIDACEAE - China

346EPIDENDROIDEAEsule oblong-ellipsoid, ca. 1 cm × 5–6 mm; fruiting pedicel 5–6mm. Fl. unknown, fr. Oct.● Epiphytic in dense forests; ca. 1100 m. S and SE Yunnan.7. Eria vittata Lindley, J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 51. 1858.条 纹 毛 兰 tiao wen mao lanPinalia vittata (Lindley) Kuntze.Plants glabrous. Rhizome slender, glabrous, with a funnelshapedsheath on each node. Pseudobulbs 2–2.5 cm apart fromeach other, slightly curved, cylindric, 6–7 cm × 6–8 mm, apex2-leaved. Leaf blade elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 14–19 × 2–4cm, with 8 or 9 main veins, acuminate. Inflorescence subterminal,usually pendulous, 14–18 cm, many flowered; floralbracts persistent, lanceolate to subulate, 1–4 mm. Flowersgrayish green, with purplish brown stripes on sepals and petals,ca. 1 cm in diam.; pedicel and ovary ca. 1 cm. Dorsal sepal oblong,ca. 12 × 3 mm, obtuse; lateral sepals obliquely triangularoblong,falcate, ca. 10 × 4 mm, acute; mentum ca. 5 mm. Petalslanceolate-oblong, ca. 12 × 5 mm, obtuse; lip oblong in outline,ca. 12 × 5 mm, base attenuate, margin entire, apex subtruncateand slightly mucronulate, with 5 undulate lamellae runningnearly from base to apex. Column laterally compressed, nearlyca. 7 mm (with anther cap), slender, foot to 7 mm. Fl. unknown.Lithophytic on rocks in forests along valleys; ca. 1600 m. SEXizang [NE India, Myanmar, Thailand].120. CAMPANULORCHIS Brieger in Brieger et al., Schlechter Orchideen 1(11–12): 750. 1981.钟 兰 属 zhong lan shuChen Xinqi ( 陈 心 启 Chen Sing-chi), Luo Yibo ( 罗 毅 波 ); Jeffrey J. WoodHerbs, epiphytic, small to medium-sized. Rhizome short or elongate, stout, internodes short or to ca. 4 cm, with pubescent roots.Stems pseudobulbous, pseudobulbs of 1 internode, short to ca. 13 cm, sometimes with several ferruginous reddish brown pubescentsheaths, distinctly or slightly swollen at base, then tapering distally, upper portion cylindric, with 1–4 leaves at apex. Leaves erect orspreading, conduplicate or terete, ± linear-oblong or ligulate, leathery, articulate at base to a short, sometimes pubescent leaf base orto stem. Inflorescences 1- to few flowered, up to 3 per pseudobulb, emerging from an acute sheath, often densely ferruginous reddishbrown pubescent; floral bracts often ferruginous pubescent. Flowers not resupinate or resupinate, opening widely, densely pubescent.Sepals and pedicel and ovary densely pubescent. Dorsal sepal free; lateral sepals connate with column foot forming a distinct shortlyconic mentum. Petals free, smaller than sepals, glabrous; lip entire or 3-lobed in apical half; lateral lobes (when present) erect; midlobewith thickened margin; callus of 2 longitudinal central and 1 apical, somewhat verrucose ridges. Column short, somewhatclavate, sometimes pubescent, foot ca. as long as or longer than column proper, incurved; pollinia 8, compressed ovoid or clavate.About five species: widespread in Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, New Guinea, Thailand, and Vietnam, extending east to S China (Hainan); onespecies in China.1. Campanulorchis thao (Gagnepain) S. C. Chen & J. J.Wood, comb. nov.钟 兰 zhong lanBasionym: Eria thao Gagnepain, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist.Nat., sér. 2, 22: 503. 1950; E. bulbophylloides Tang & F. T.Wang (1974), not C. Schweinfurth (1936).Rhizome well developed, slightly dilated at joint. Pseudobulbsborne 1–3 cm apart from each other, ovoid or globose, ca.1.2 cm in diam., enclosed in 2 sheaths, apex 1-leaved. Leafblade elliptic or oblong-elliptic, (3–)5–10 × (1–)1.5–2 cm, leathery,base attenuate into a petiole 1.5–2 cm, apex obtuse. Inflorescenceterminal, ca. 2 cm, 1-flowered, with dense, reddishbrown, cottony hairs; floral bracts broadly triangular, ca. 1 mm.Flowers yellow, lip yellowish red, tinged with purple; pediceland ovary ca. 5 mm, with dense, reddish brown, cottony hairs.Sepals with dense, reddish brown, cottony hairs abaxially; dorsalsepal lanceolate-oblong, ca. 17 × 6–8 mm, obtuse; lateralsepals triangular-ovate, ca. 20 × 6–9 mm, obtuse. Petals elliptic,ca. 15 × 5 mm, obtuse; lip obovate-rhombic in outline, nearlyca. 15 × 10 mm, 3-lobed; lateral lobes subtriangular-ovate, ca. 4× 3 mm; mid-lobe suboblong, ca. 10 × 6 mm, margin conspicuouslythickened; disk with 3 lamellae, central 1 inconspicuous,lateral 2 much higher. Column ca. 6 mm, apex dilated, shortlywinged, foot ca. 8 mm. Capsule ellipsoid-cylindric, ca. 3.1 × 1cm, with sparse, reddish brown, cottony hairs. Fl. Aug–Oct, fr.Dec–Feb. 2n = 42.Epiphytic on trees or lithophytic on rocks in forests; 600–1200 m.S Hainan [Vietnam].121. CONCHIDIUM Griffith, Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 321. 1851.蛤 兰 属 ge lan shuChen Xinqi ( 陈 心 启 Chen Sing-chi), Luo Yibo ( 罗 毅 波 ); Jeffrey J. WoodHerbs, dwarf, caespitose, epiphytic or lithophytic, often forming mats on substrate. Rhizome creeping. Pseudobulb of 1 internode,globose, discoid, or oblong, strongly depressed, reticulate or not. Leaves 1–4, inserted at top of pseudobulbs, obovate-lanceolate,subsessile, petiole tapering, articulate. Inflorescence terminal, solitary, elongate, hysteranthous, proteranthous, or synanthous, 1-or a few flowered; peduncle filiform; floral bracts hooded, membranous. Flower white, pale green, or yellow. Dorsal sepal triangular,acuminate; lateral sepals obliquely triangular or lanceolate, acuminate, forming a distinct mentum with column foot. Petals obovate-