Herminium kamengense A.N. Rao, J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 25(2): 287. 2001.

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 : 23

26. Herminium kamengense A.N. Rao, J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 25(2): 287. 2001. Figs 9P , 10E

Type.

Yarlung Zangbo-Brahmaputra Region. Kameng district , Bomdila, 2500 m, Rao A.N., 30600A (Holotype: TIPI!) .

Description.

Plant 15-35 cm tall. Tubers ca. 1.5 × 0.5 cm. Stem up to 18 cm tall, slender, with about 2 tubular sheaths in the lower half, 23-leaved. Leaves linear-oblong or narrowly laceolate, acuminate, 27 × 1.5 cm, sheathing at base. Inflorescence 24 cm long; rachis about 6-12 cm long, many flowered. Flowers about 7 mm long, green, floral bracts 6-10 × 1.5-2 mm, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, longer than ovary, pedicel and ovary 6-9 mm long. Dorsal sepal ovate, obtuse, 1.5-2.5 × 1-1.5 mm,; lateral sepals obliquely ovate, 2-3 × 1.4-2 mm, apex obtuse. Petals 2-3 × 0.7-1 mm, subfalcate, oblong-lanceolate, apex subacute. Lip broadly ovate, with a circular concavity at base; 4 × 3 mm, base dilated, 3-lobed above middle, lateral lobes oblong, 1.5 × 0.5 mm, midlobe 0.5 × 0.5 mm long, triangular; lateral lobes 1.5 mm long, narrowly oblong, divergent, projected forwards. Column about 1 mm long, with 2 staminodes. Pollinia sectile, obovoid, with minute viscidia, rostellum triangular, stigma transversely oblong situated below the rostellum. Fruit oblong, 6-10 mm long.

Flowering.

August-September.

Habitat.

Terrestrial in Quercus forest on moist slopes at elevations of 2200-2500 m.

Distribution.

China, India, Nepal.

Specimens examined.

Yarlung Zangbo-Brahmaputra Region: Kameng district, Bomdila (2500 m), Rao A.N., 30600AB (CAL). NEPAL: Koshi, Dhankutta District , between Sidhuwa and Chitrye, 2200 m, 19.08.2012, Raskoti B. B., 00357 (KATH) .

Figures

Figure 9. Lip of Herminium. A H. monorchis B H. chloranthum C H. pygmaeum D H. josephi E H. monophyllum F H. macrophyllum G H. macrophyllum H H. alaschanicum I H. coeloceras J H. fallax K H. longilobatum L H. elisabethae M H. alaschanicum N H. lanceum O H. quinquelobum P H. kamengense Q H. coiloglossum R H. biporosum.

Figure 10. Column structure in Herminium. A H. monorchis B H. josephi C H. latilabre D H. monophyllum E H. kamengense F H. longilobatum F H. himalayanum H H. mannii I H. fallax.