Hemipilia gongshanensis (X.H.Jin, Schuit. & D.L.Lin) R.Kr.Singh & Sanjeet Kumar 2024

Photos of Ponerorchis gongshanensis by © X.H. Jin, Schuit. & C.B. Ma and Pl. Diversity 43: 397 X.H.Jin, Schuit. & C.B.Ma 2021

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Common Name The Gongshan Hempilia [A county in Yunnan province of China]

Flower Size .48" [1.2 cm]

Found in Yunnan province of China on damp mossy rock at elevations of 2900 to 3000 meters as a mini-miniature to miniature sized, cold growing litho-terrestrial with ovoid, fleshy, densely fine haired tubers giving rise to an erect to suberect, slender stem provided with 3 tubular, cylindrical, smooth basal sheaths and a single, narrowly lanceolate to linear, acuminate, constricted basally into the cauline base leaf that blooms in the late spring and early summer on an erect, slender, 2.2" [5.5 cm] long, glabrous, without scales, sublaxly 4 to 5 flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acuminate, slightly shorter than the ovaey floral bracts and carrying secund, small, plae lilac-pink flowers with some darker dots arranged in a semicirlcle at the base of the lip.

"Hemipilia gongshanensis is similar to H. faberi in its small flowers, but differs in having a linear leaf c. .12" [3 mm] wide (vs. leaf .2 to .52" [5 to 13 mm] wide), in the lip having collar-like raised margins on the sides of the spur entrance, and a mid-lobe which is notched at the apex but not divided into two divergent lobules that are nearly as large as the lateral lobes, as in P. faberi." J.D.Ya, Schuit. & X.H.Jin 2021

Synonyms *Ponerorchis gongshanensis X.H.Jin, Schuit. & D.L.Lin 2021

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Pl. Diversity 43: 398 X.H.Jin, Schuit. & C.B.Ma 2021 as photos fide;

*J. Biodivers. Conservation 8(4): 89 R.Kr.Singh & Sanjeet Kumar 2024

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