ORCHIDACEAE - China

EPIDENDROIDEAE 389About seven species: Himalayas, some species extending through Indochina and Malaysia to the Philippines; two species in China.53. Dendrobium hercoglossum H. G. Reichenbach, Gard.Chron., n.s., 25: 487. 1886.重 唇 石 斛 chong chun shi huCallista annamensis Kraenzlin; C. hercoglossa (H. G.Reichenbach) Kuntze; C. vexans (Dammer) Kraenzlin; Dendrobiumhercoglossum var. album S. J. Cheng & C. Z. Tang; D.poilanei Guillaumin; D. vexans Dammer; D. wangii C. L. Tso.Stems pendulous, pale yellow when dry, cylindric orsometimes thickened from base to upper part, usually 8–40 cm,2–5 mm in diam., with few to many nodes, internodes 1.5–2cm. Leaves narrowly oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 4–10 × 0.4–0.8(–1.4) cm, leathery, with tightly clasping sheaths at base,apex obtuse and unequally bilobed. Inflorescences often several,arising from old leafless stems, 2- or 3-flowered; pedunclegreen, 6–10 mm; rachis sometimes slightly upcurved, 1.5–2 cm,thin and weak, base with 3 or 4 short tubular sheaths; floralbracts ovate-lanceolate, small, 3–5 mm, dry membranous, apexacute. Pedicel and ovary pale pinkish red, 1.2–1.5 cm. Flowersspreading; sepals and petals pale pink, lip white, epichile palepink, column white, anther cap purple. Dorsal sepal ovate-oblong,13–18 × 5–8(or more) mm, 7-veined, apex acute; lateralsepals slightly obliquely ovate-lanceolate, ca. as large as dorsalsepal, 7-veined, apex acuminate; mentum very short. Petalsobovate-oblong, 12–15 × 4.5–7(or more) mm, 3-veined, apexacute; lip erect, ca. 1 cm, with epichile and hypochile; hypochilesubglobose, inner surface densely barbellate, apex denselyshortly fimbriate; epichile deltoid, relatively small, glabrous,apex acute. Column ca. 4 mm, lower part enlarged, foot ca. 2mm, column teeth deltoid, apex slightly obtuse; anther capsubspherical, densely finely papillate, front margin erose.Epiphytic on tree trunks in dense mountain forests, lithophyticon damp rocks in valleys; 600–1300 m. SW Anhui (Huo Shan), SWGuangdong (Xinyi), Guangxi, SW Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan (Jianghua),S Jiangxi, SE Yunnan [Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam].54. Dendrobium aduncum Wallich ex Lindley, Edwards’s Bot.Reg. 28(Misc.): 58. 1842.钩 状 石 斛 gou zhuang shi huCallista adunca (Wallich ex Lindley) Kuntze; Dendrobiumaduncum var. faulhaberianum (Schlechter) Tang & F. T. Wang;D. faulhaberianum Schlechter.Stems pendulous, sometimes upper part ± curved, paleyellow when dry, cylindric, 50–100 cm, 2–5 mm in diam., unbranched,with many nodes, internodes 3–3.5 cm. Leaves oblongor narrowly elliptic, 7–10.5 × 1–3.5 cm, with claspingsheaths at base, apex acute. Inflorescences often several, arisingfrom upper part of deciduous or leafy old stem; rachis ± porrect,1.5–4 cm, slender, sparsely 1–6-flowered; peduncle 5–10 mm,base with 3 or 4 membranous sheaths 2–3 mm; floral bractsovate-lanceolate, 5–7 mm, membranous, acute. Pedicel andovary ca. 1.5 cm. Flowers spreading; sepals and petals palepink, lip white, callus green, column white, anther cap deeppurple. Dorsal sepal oblong-lanceolate, 16–20 × ca. 7 mm, 5-veined, apex acute; lateral sepals obliquely ovate-triangular, ca.as long as or slightly broader than dorsal sepal, 5-veined, apexacute; mentum jarlike, ca. 1 cm. Petals oblong, 14–18 × ca. 7mm, 5-veined, apex acute; lip concave, cymbiform, broadlyovate when spread, 15–17 mm, claw ca. 5 mm, adaxiallydensely white barbellate except for claw and both sides of disk,with a square callus near base, apex abruptly contracted, recurved-caudate.Column ca. 4 mm, lower part enlarged, apexwith auriculate column teeth on both sides, front densely purplecrinite, foot ca. 1 cm long and wide, bent forward, inner surfacesometimes sparsely hairy; anther cap nearly subglobose,densely papillate-hairy, front margin irregularly dentate, apexslightly concave.Epiphytic on tree trunks in mountain forests; 700–1000 m. Guangdong,Guangxi, SW Guizhou, SE Hainan, NE Hunan (Taoyuan), SEYunnan (Maguan) [Bhutan, NE India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].7. Dendrobium sect. Stuposa Kraenzlin in Engler, Pflanzenr. 45(IV. 50. II. B. 21): 55. 1910.叉 唇 组 cha chun zuRoots smooth. Stem ± pendulous, tall, slightly swollen, leafy, semideciduous. Inflorescences few, short, distal, borne on penultimatestems; rachis and peduncle thin and soft, few flowered. Flowers relatively small, white. Sepals less than 1 cm; mentum broadlyconic, without a saccate cavity; lip apex 3-lobed, front margin with dense, long cottony hairs.About six species: Himalayas to Malesia; one species in China.55. Dendrobium stuposum Lindley, Edwards’s Bot. Reg.24(Misc.): 52. 1838.叉 唇 石 斛 cha chun shi huCallista flavidula (Ridley ex J. D. Hooker) Kuntze; C.stuposa (Lindley) Kuntze; Dendrobium exsculptum Teijsmann& Binnendijk; D. flavidulum Ridley ex J. D. Hooker; D.pristinum Ames; D. sphegidoglossum H. G. Reichenbach.Stems cylindric, 5–30 cm, 3–6 mm in diam., lower partnarrowed, with 5–17 nodes, internodes 1.5–2.5 cm, with manylongitudinal ridges. Leaves narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 4–7.5 ×0.4–1.5(or more) cm, leathery, base with clasping sheath, apexslightly obtuse and hooked on one side. Inflorescence apical onold leafless stem, 1–2.5 cm, 2- or 3-flowered; peduncle 10–15mm, ca. 1 mm in diam.; rachis thin and soft; basal sheaths 3 or4, broadly cupular; floral bracts oblong, 5–9 × 2.5–3(or more)mm, papery, obtuse. Pedicel and ovary 0.6–1.1 cm, slender.Flowers small, white. Dorsal sepal oblong, ca. 8 × 3 mm,5-veined, midvein prominent, apex subacute; lateral sepalsobliquely ovate-lanceolate, larger than dorsal sepal, 5-veined,midvein abaxially winged especially below middle, apex sub-