Herminium fimbriatum (Raskoti) X.H. Jin, Schuit., Raskoti & L.Q. Huang, Cladistics 2015.

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 : 20

15. Herminium fimbriatum (Raskoti) X.H. Jin, Schuit., Raskoti & L.Q. Huang, Cladistics 2015.

Basionym.

Bhutanthera fimbriata Raskoti, Phytotaxa 62: 57-60. 2012

Type.

NEPAL. Rasuwa , 3800 m, 14 July 2008, Raskoti B. B., 234 (Holotype: KATH!) .

Description.

Plant 11 cm tall. Tubers subglobose, 5 mm in diameter. Stem with an ovate, tubular sheath and 2 leaves at base. Leaves opposite, elliptic-ovate, 3.0-3.5 × 2.0-2.2 cm, apex obtuse. Inflorescence densely up to 8-flowered; peduncle 7 cm long, rachis 2.5 cm long, lower floral bracts ovate-triangular, 1 × 1 mm, apex acute, upper bracts lanceolate, 2 × 1 mm, apex acuminate. Flowers 1 cm across, sepals green with white margins, petals and lip white; pedicel and ovary fusiform, ridged, 7 mm long, apex beaked. Dorsal sepal broadly ovate, 4.0-5.0 × 2.5 mm, margin of the apical portion weakly fimbriate, apex obtuse; lateral sepals elliptic-ovate, oblique, 5.0-6.0 × 2.0-2.5 mm, margin of the apical portion weakly fimbriate, apex obtuse. Petals orbicular-elliptic, concave, 2.5 x 2.5 mm, apex rotund. Lip oblong, 4.0 × 1.5 mm, fleshy, trilobed below the middle; side lobes oblong-lanceolate, 2.0 × 0.5 mm, apex acute; midlobe oblong, 2.5 × 1.0 mm, apex obtuse; spur cylindrical with slightly dilated apex, 3.0-4.0 mm long, apex obtuse. Column 1 mm long, pollinia clavate-elliptic. Fruit oblong.

Flowering time.

July

Habitat.

Terrestrial in subalpine meadows and open moist places at elevation of 3800 m.

Distribution.

Endemic to Nepal.