Herminium lijiangense J.D.Ya & C.Liu 2021

Photos by © X.H. Jin, Schuit. & C.B. Ma and Pl. Diversity 43: 397 X.H.Jin, Schuit. & C.B.Ma2021

LATE EARLY

Common Name The Lijian Herminium [Lijiang prefecture the type location of the species]

Flower Size .2" [5 mm]

Found in Yunnan province of China on limestone at elevations of 1600 to 1700 meters as a small to just medium sized, cool growing litho-terrestrial with oblong-ellipsoid, fleshy tubers giving rise to an erect, smooth stem provided witha basal sheath and 3 basal, lanceolate, 7 veined, acuminate, contracted below into the amplexicaul sheath leaf that blooms in the late summer and early fall on an erect, 8 to 10" [20 to 25 cm] long, provided with 2 to 3, lanceolate, acuminate peduncle-scales, laxly to 50 flowered inflorescence elliptic, glabrous, apex acuminate, longer than pedicel and ovary floral bracts and carrying yellowish green flowers.

"Heminium lijiangense is closely related to H. elisabethae (Duthie) Tang & F.T. Wang and H. mannii (Rchb.f.) Tang & F.T. Wang, but differs in having up to 50 flowers laxly along the rachis, floral bracts longer than pedicel and ovary, dorsal sepal ovate-orbicular, petals falcate-lanceolate, lip mid-lobe distinctly shorter than lateral lobes, spur clavate and 4.5–6.5 mm long." J.D.Ya & C.Liu 2021

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Pl. Diversity 43: 394 X.H.Jin, Schuit. & C.B.Ma2021 photos fide;

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