Herminium singulum Tang & F. T. Wang, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 10: 35. 1940.

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43. Herminium singulum Tang & F. T. Wang, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 10: 35. 1940.

Type.

CHINA. Yunnan, Salween-Chiukiang, east of Wang-tzang , 2800 m, Yu T.T., 20231A (Holotype: PE! [PE01432256]) .

Description.

Plant 10-30 cm tall. Tubers subglobose, 8-10 mm. Stem with one or two tubular sheaths and 1 leaf at base. Leaf elliptic, 2-5 × 1-2 cm, apex obtuse. Inflorescence 6-25 cm; peduncle cylindrical, with 1 or 2 lanceolate peduncle-scales, 1-1.5 cm; rachis 2-10 cm, sublaxly 4 or many flowered; floral bracts lanceolate, 5 × 2 mm, shorter or longer than to ovary, apex acuminate. Flowers pedicel and ovary arcuate, apex beaked, 6-10 mm. Dorsal sepal ovate-lanceolate, 2-3 × 1-1.3 mm, concave, apex acute; lateral sepals reflexed, obliquely ovate, 2.5-3 × 0.8-1 mm, apex acute. Petals ovate, oblique, ca. 1.8-2.2 × 1-1.5 mm, apex obtuse. Lip lanceolate, 3.2-5 × 1-1.3 mm, entire, base dilated and spurred, apex obtuse; spur cylindrical shorter than ovary. Column 1.5 mm; caudicles short, rostellum triangular, stigma transversely oblong, situated below rostellum.

Flowering time.

August-September.

Habitat.

Terrestrial in forest margins at elevations of 2600-2800 m.

Distribution.

China (Sichuan, Yunnan).

Specimens examined.

CHINA: Yunnan, Gongshan county, Dulong, Gaolingshan , 1979, Liu L.H., et al. 08-14 (PE); Salween-Chiukiang , 2800 m, 03.09.1938, Yu T. T., 20231A (PE) .