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Ania angustifolia Lindley, Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 129. 1831;
Ascotainia angustifolia (Lindley) Schlechter; Eulophia evrardii
Guillaumin; Mitopetalum angustifolium (Lindley) Blume;
Nephelaphyllum evrardii (Guillaumin) Tang & F. T. Wang.
Pseudobulbs ovoid, to 2 cm in diam., ± covered with
sheaths. Petiole 20–30 cm, slender, articulate near middle, base
with 2 tubular sheaths; leaf blade oblong or narrowly elliptic,
ca. 30 × 3–5.5 cm, apex shortly acuminate. Inflorescence erect;
peduncle ca. 45 cm, with 3 or 4 tubular sheaths below; rachis
7–15 cm, laxly few flowered; floral bracts lanceolate, ca. 7 mm,
membranous. Flowers not opening widely, yellowish green; lip
whitish, tinged with dark purple, mid-lobe dark purple, apical
margin white, lamellae deep purple, column whitish, upper part
purplish, anther cap brownish green; pedicel and ovary ca. 1
cm. Sepals similar, oblong, 15–17 × 4.5–5 mm, 5-veined, acute;
lateral sepals adnate to column base. Petals elliptic, 13–15 ×
3.5–4.5 mm, 5-veined, acute; lip oblong or suboblong, 15–17
mm, 3-lobed; lateral lobes erect, embracing column, triangularlanceolate,
ca. 1 mm wide, acuminate; mid-lobe nearly oblate,
ca. 4 mm wide, rounded; disk with 5 lamellae extending to midlobe;
lamellae parallel to each other, highly raised and undulate
or denticulate on mid-lobe; spur slightly flattened, ca. 4 × 3
mm, obtuse and slightly concave. Column ca. 1 cm × 5 mm,
broadly winged; rostellum slightly decurved, suborbicular. Fl.
Sep–Oct.
Wooded slopes; 500–1200 m. SW Guizhou, S Yunnan [Myanmar,
Thailand, Vietnam].
5. Tainia penangiana J. D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 5: 820. 1890.
绿花带唇兰 lü hua dai chun lan
Ania hookeriana (King & Pantling) Tang & F. T. Wang ex
Summerhayes; A. penangiana (J. D. Hooker) Summerhayes;
Ascotainia hookeriana (King & Pantling) Ridley; A. penangiana
(J. D. Hooker) Ridley; Tainia hookeriana King & Pantling;
T. taiwaniana S. S. Ying.
Pseudobulbs close, purplish red or dark brownish green,
ovoid, to 3 cm in diam., ± covered with sheaths. Petiole 27–32
cm; leaf blade oblong, ca. 35 × 6–9 cm, apex acuminate. Peduncle
to 60 cm, 4–5 mm in diam., with 3 or 4 membranous
sheaths below; rachis 15–20 cm, laxly few to 10-flowered;
floral bracts narrowly lanceolate, usually 6–7 mm, membranous.
Flowers yellowish green with orange-red spots and
stripes, lip white with reddish spots and yellow tip; pedicel and
ovary ca. 15 mm. Sepals similar, oblong-lanceolate, 18–21 × 3–
5 mm, 7-veined, acuminate. Petals oblong, 17–20 × 3–4 mm, 7veined,
acute; lip obovate, ca. 15 mm, adaxially ± finely papillate,
3-lobed; lateral lobes suberect, ovate-oblong, obtuse and
slightly incurved; mid-lobe orbicular or ovate-triangular, acute;
disk with 3 lamellae extending to mid-lobe where raised or
sometimes crestlike; spur exserted beyond base of lateral sepals,
3–5 mm, obtuse. Column subcylindric, ca. 1 cm; rostellum
nearly ligulate, unlobed; anther cap without appendages. Fl.
Feb–Mar. 2n = 40, 72.
Evergreen broad-leaved forests, streamsides; 700–1000 m. S
and W Hainan, Taiwan [NE India, Malaysia (Peninsular), Thailand,
Vietnam].
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6. Tainia viridifusca (Hooker) Bentham & J. D. Hooker, Fl.
Brit. India 5: 820. 1890.
高褶带唇兰 gao zhe dai chun lan
Calanthe viridifusca Hooker, Bot. Mag. 78: ad t. 4669.
1852; Ania elata (Schlechter) S. Y. Hu; A. viridifusca (Hooker)
Tang & F. T. Wang ex Summerhayes; Ascotainia elata Schlechter;
A. viridifusca (Hooker) Schlechter; Tainia elata (Schlechter)
P. F. Hunt.
Pseudobulbs close, dark green to purple, broadly ovoid, to
4 cm in diam. Leaf blade oblong or narrowly elliptic, plicate,
ca. 50 × 3 cm, with long petiole at base, apex long acuminate.
Inflorescence erect; peduncle purplish in lower part, to 73 cm,
ca. 4 mm in diam., with 3 or 4 sheaths; rachis laxly 9- or 10flowered;
floral bracts yellowish green, narrowly lanceolate, 1–
1.5 cm, long acuminate. Flowers opening widely, brownish
green or purplish brown, lip and column white, anther cap with
2 purple spots at apex; pedicel and ovary ca. 2 cm. Sepals similar,
oblong, 20–22 × ca. 5 mm, acute and aristate; lateral sepals
sometimes with midvein extending keel-like beyond tip abaxially,
base mostly adnate to column foot. Petals similar to sepals,
and smaller, acute and aristate; lip obovate, ca. 14 × 8–9 mm, 3lobed;
lateral lobes erect, ovate-oblong, obtuse; mid-lobe orbicular,
base without conspicuous claw, mucronate; disk with 3–5
lamellae extending to mid-lobe and becoming 5-undulate or
crestlike there; spur extending beyond 2 lateral sepals, saccateconic,
ca. 4 mm, obtuse. Column subcylindric, ca. 9 mm; rostellum
broadly triangular, fleshy, obtuse. Fl. Apr–May. 2n = 40.
Evergreen broad-leaved forests; 1500–2000 m. NE, S, and SE
Yunnan [NE India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].
7. Tainia ruybarrettoi (S. Y. Hu & Barretto) Averyanov,
Opred. Orkhid. Vetnama, 403. 1994.
南方带唇兰 nan fang dai chun lan
Ania ruybarrettoi S. Y. Hu & Barretto, Chung Chi J. 13(2):
25. 1976.
Pseudobulbs slightly spaced, dark green or purplish red,
ovoid, 2.5–5.5 × 2.5–4 cm, with 2 sheaths. Petiole 15–25 cm;
leaf blade dark green, lanceolate, 30–45 × 4.5–5.3 cm, acute.
Inflorescence erect; peduncle 30–45 cm, with 3 reddish sheathlike
bracts below; rachis 10–30 cm, glabrous, laxly 5–28-flowered;
floral bracts dark purple, narrowly lanceolate, 8–13 mm.
Flowers: sepals and petals dull reddish yellow, purple-veined,
margin yellow, lip white, with purple stripes and spots on lateral
lobes, mid-lobe white, spotted with purple, spur orange, column
white, spotted with purple, anther cap creamy yellow, with deep
purple spots; pedicel and ovary longer than floral bracts. Sepals
and petals 3–5-veined; dorsal sepal narrowly lanceolate, 2.7–
3.5 × 0.4–0.5 cm, acute; lateral sepals similar to dorsal sepal,
slightly falcate. Petals obliquely oblanceolate, 2.7–3.5 × 0.4–0.5
cm, acute; lip ca. 2.2 cm, 3-lobed; lateral lobes erect, embracing
column, ovate-oblong, 4–5 × ca. 3 mm, adaxially purple hairy,
obtuse-rounded; mid-lobe slightly recurved, suborbicular, ca. 7
× 7 mm, base narrowed into a claw, margin undulate, apex
acute; disk with 5 lamellae extending from base to mid-lobe
and thickened there, median longer; spur 3–5 × ca. 2 mm. Column
slightly arcuate, ca. 12 mm; rostellum triangular. Fl. Mar.