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1. Saccolabiopsis taiwaniana S. W. Chung & T. C. Hsu,<br />
Taiwan Quart. J. Forest Res. 28(3): 27. 2006.<br />
台湾拟囊唇兰 tai wan ni nang chun lan<br />
Stems abbreviated. Roots few, ca. 1 mm in diam. Leaves<br />
3–5, pale green, obliquely lanceolate, 1.3–2 × 0.4–0.7 cm,<br />
leathery, obtusely bilobed. Inflorescence racemose, ca. 4 cm,<br />
curving, many flowered; peduncle generally shorter than rachis;<br />
rachis ca. 1 mm in diam., thickest at middle, 13–19-flowered.<br />
Flowers ca. 3 mm in diam., widely opening; sepals and petals<br />
slightly incurved, translucent green; lip white; anther cap yellowish.<br />
Dorsal sepal oblong-ovate, ca. 2 × 0.8 mm, obtuse; lateral<br />
sepals similar to dorsal sepal, slightly oblique. Petals oblong,<br />
slightly shorter than sepals, obtuse; lip broadly triangular,<br />
ca. 2 × 0.7 mm, margin entire, obtuse, concave. Column ca. 0.7<br />
mm, with narrow apical wings. Seed capsule linear-cylindric,<br />
ca. 1.5 cm.<br />
● Epiphytic on Beilschmiedia tsangii (Lauraceae) in broad-leaved<br />
forests in semishade; 400–500 m. Taiwan.<br />
EPIDENDROIDEAE<br />
477<br />
2. Saccolabiopsis wulaokenensis W. M. Lin, Kuo Huang & T.<br />
P. Lin, Taiwania 51: 165. 2006.<br />
拟囊唇兰 ni nang chun lan<br />
Stems 3–6 cm. Leaves distichous, 3–8, oblong-lanceolate,<br />
slightly curved, 2.2–5 × 0.6–1.2 cm. Inflorescence axillary,<br />
simple, pendulous; peduncle and rachis 3–7 cm, dilated in middle<br />
part, ca. 2 mm in diam., tapering at both ends, sulcate,<br />
bearing 10–35 well-spaced flowers; floral bracts triangular, ca.<br />
2 mm. Flowers whitish green, 2.5–3.5 mm in diam.; lip midlobe<br />
white. Sepals oblong, 2–2.5 mm. Petals subspatulate, ca.<br />
2 mm; lip shallowly 3-lobed, ca. 1.5 mm wide; lateral lobes<br />
rounded; mid-lobe subovate or triangular, saccate at base, without<br />
interior ornamentation. Column ca. 1 mm, foot absent; stigma<br />
deeply set underneath; rostellum conspicuous; pollinia 2 on<br />
long stipe. Seed capsule clavate, 1.7–1.9 cm.<br />
● Epiphytic on branches of trees in broad-leaved forests; ca. 300<br />
m. Taiwan.<br />
175. PAPILIONANTHE Schlechter, Orchis 9: 78. 1915.<br />
凤蝶兰属 feng die lan shu<br />
Chen Xinqi (陈心启 Chen Sing-chi); Jeffrey J. Wood<br />
Herbs, epiphytic, scrambling, monopodial. Stems erect to pendulous, climbing or pendulous, elongate, terete, branching or<br />
unbranched, many noded, laxly many leaved. Leaves terete, fleshy, channeled adaxially, jointed and sheathing at base; sheaths<br />
thickly leathery, tightly enclosing stem, persistent. Inflorescence axillary, 1- to several flowered. Flowers flat, large. Sepals and petals<br />
subsimilar, free, spreading. Petals usually larger; lip continuous with column foot, immovable, spurred, 3-lobed; lateral lobes ± erect,<br />
either parallel to or embracing column; mid-lobe often dilated and 2- or 3-lobed at apex; spur funnel-shaped or conic to long hornshaped.<br />
Column subterete, short, fleshy, foot short; rostellum elongate, slender; pollinia waxy, 2, shortly cleft, attached by a broadly<br />
triangular or subquadrate stipe to a large viscidium.<br />
About 12 species: China, India, SE Asia and the Malay Archipelago; four species (one endemic) in China.<br />
1a. Lip saccate or shortly spurred at base; spur or sac 2–2.5 mm; petals 7–10 mm wide .............................................. 3. P. taiwaniana<br />
1b. Lip spurred at base; spur 20–<strong>25</strong> mm; petals 15–17 mm wide.<br />
2a. Lateral lobes of lip entire, embracing column, lip deep purplish red; dorsal sepal ca. 2 cm wide ............................... 1. P. teres<br />
2b. Lateral lobes of lip bilobulate, lip color not as above; dorsal sepal 0.8–1.5 cm wide.<br />
3a. Lobules of lateral lobes not serrate-denticulate; lip creamy white, sometimes tinged with pale pink ........ 2. P. biswasiana<br />
3b. Lobules of lateral lobes serrate-denticulate; lip with a purple-flushed base and spur ................................... 4. P. vandarum<br />
1. Papilionanthe teres (Roxburgh) Schlechter, Orchis 9: 78.<br />
1915.<br />
凤蝶兰 feng die lan<br />
Dendrobium teres Roxburgh, Fl. Ind., ed. 1832, 3: 485.<br />
1832; Vanda teres (Roxburgh) Lindley.<br />
Stems scrambling, terete, usually to 1 m, stout, branching.<br />
Leaves well spaced, terete, 8–18 cm × 4–5 mm, fleshy, obtuse.<br />
Inflorescence slightly longer than leaf, laxly 2–5-flowered; peduncle<br />
stout, with 3 or 4 membranous sheaths; floral bracts<br />
broadly ovate, 4–6 mm, slightly fleshy, obtuse. Flowers<br />
opening widely, 4–10 cm in diam., thinly textured, sepals and<br />
petals white, tinged with pink or purplish, lip deep purple-red,<br />
spur yellowish brown; pedicel and ovary white, 2–3 cm. Dorsal<br />
sepal broadly elliptic, ca. 2.5 × 2 cm, obtuse-rounded; lateral<br />
sepals obliquely ovate-oblong, ca. 3 × 2 cm, base adnate to<br />
column foot, apex obtuse. Petals suborbicular, large, ca. 3 ×<br />
2.7 cm, obtuse; lip spurred, 3-lobed; lateral lobes embracing<br />
column, subobovate, ca. 1.5 cm wide, rounded; mid-lobe<br />
spreading, obovate-triangular, ca. 2 cm, adaxially shortly hairy,<br />
deeply bilobed; spur conic, ca. 2 cm. Column ca. 5 mm, foot ca.<br />
5 mm. Fl. May–Jun. 2n = 38, 40.<br />
Epiphytic on tree trunks in open forests or at forest margins; 500–<br />
900 m. S Yunnan [Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal,<br />
Thailand, Vietnam].<br />
2. Papilionanthe biswasiana (Ghose & Mukerjee) Garay, Bot.<br />
Mus. Leafl. 23: 371. 1974.<br />
白花凤蝶兰 bai hua feng die lan<br />
Aerides biswasiana Ghose & Mukerjee, Orchid Rev. 53:<br />
124. 1945.<br />
Stems erect or pendulous, terete, to 50 cm or longer, stout,<br />
5–7 mm in diam., often unbranched, internodes 3–4 cm. Leaves