Herminium pusillum Ohwi & Fukuy., Bot. Mag. (Tokyo). 48 (571): 430. 1934.

Raskoti, Bhakta Bahadur, Schuiteman, Andre, Jin, Wei-Tao & Jin, Xiao-Hua, 2017, A taxonomic revision of Herminium L. (Orchidoideae, Orchidaceae), PhytoKeys 79, pp. 1-74 : 36

40. Herminium pusillum Ohwi & Fukuy., Bot. Mag. (Tokyo). 48 (571): 430. 1934.

Androcorys pusillus (Ohwi & Fukuy.) Masam., Hokuriku J. Bot. 12: 88. 1963.

Androcorys japonensis Maek., J. Jap. Bot. 12: 96. 1936. Type: JAPAN. Hondo, Shinano Prov., Mt. Yuo, 18.08.1902, Yabe Y. s.n. (Holotype: Herb. Univ. Imp. Tokyo).

Type.

CHINA. Taiwan. Taichu ( Mt. Niitakayama ), 07.1933, Ohwi J., (TAI!) .

Description.

Plant 10-22 cm tall. Tuber globose, 5-7 mm in diam. Stem slender, with 1-3 tubular sheaths and 1 leaf at base. Leaf ovate, 2-4.5 × 1-2.2 cm, apex obtuse. Inflorescence 5-10 cm, rachis ca. 2.5 cm, 8-13-flowered; floral bracts ovate, ca. 1.5 mm, shorter than ovary. Flowers green; ovary and pedicel, fusiform, slightly beaked, 3-4 mm. Dorsal sepal erect, broadly ovate, concave, 1-1.2 × ca. 1 mm, margin irregularly ciliated, apex obtuse; lateral sepals spreading, oblong, 2-3 × 0.7-1 mm, margin ciliated, apex obtuse. Petals oblong, concave, 1.2-1.5 × ca. 1 mm, base cuneate, apex obtuse. Lip lingulate, 2-2.2 × ca. 0.7 mm, fleshy, base dilated, apex obtuse. Column short, anther with 2 divergent, hooded locules and broad connective; pollinia 2, clavate, attached to a viscidium by short caudicle; rostellum triangular; stigmalobes 2, pulvinate, attached to base of rostellum.

Flowering time.

July.

Habitat.

Terrestrial in forest margins and alpine valleys at elevations of 2500-3500 m.

Distribution.

China, Korea, Japan.

Specimens examined.

CHINA: TAIWAN, Hualien county, Nanhuchih shelter, 3100-3400 m, 07.07.2005, Chuan T., 215 (TAIF) .