Pleione microphylla S.C.Chen & Z.H.Tsi

Species

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Characteristics

Herbs, epiphytic. Pseudobulb ovoid-cylindric, 0.7-1.5 × 0.3-0.5 cm, geniculate-curved, 1-leaved; new pseudobulb arising directly from middle of old one. Leaf not fully developed at flowering, narrowly oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 2-6 × 0.2-1.1 cm, base contracted into a slender petiole-like stalk 1.5-2.8 cm. Inflorescence erect; peduncle 1.7-2 cm; floral bract oblong-lanceolate, 15-22 mm. Flower solitary, white with yellow streaks on lip, petals tinged pale pink toward apex; pedicel and ovary 7-8 mm. Dorsal sepal oblong-lanceolate, 33-36 × 6-7 mm; lateral sepals oblique. Petals oblanceolate, 31-34 × 4-6 mm; lip orbicular-rhombic, ca. 30 × 28 mm, base narrowed into a distinct claw 7-8 mm, obscurely 3-lobed; margins of lateral lobes slightly undulate and erose; mid-lobe broadly ovate, ca. 12 × 12 mm, apical margin erose, apex emarginate; disk with 2 entire lamellae extending from midway along lip to base of mid-lobe, interrupted for ca. 2 mm halfway along. Column ca. 32 mm, slender. Fl. Apr.
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Distribution

Pleione microphylla world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1014366-1
WFO ID wfo-0000276440
COL ID 4K6HF
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Synonyms

Pleione microphylla