Flora of China - Key To Trichotosia
Flora of China - Key To Trichotosia
Flora of China - Key To Trichotosia
1a. Stems creeping, less than 4 cm; inflorescence 1-flowered ......................................................................................... 4. T. dasyphylla 1b. Stems erect or pendulous, usually longer; inflorescence 16-flowered. 2a. Stems pendulous, more than 20 cm, new growth pale hirsute, old growth brown hispid; leaves 1018 mm wide; inflorescence 36-flowered; flowers white, flushed pink ............................................................................ 1. T. pulvinata 2b. Stems erect, 312 cm, white hirsute; leaves 35 mm wide; inflorescence 1-flowered; flowers yellowish green or yellow. 3a. Lip with 2 purple central calli .................................................................................................................. 2. T. dongfangensis 3b. Lip with an abaxial conical apical callus ..................................................................................................... 3. T. microphylla 1. Trichotosia pulvinata (Lindley) Kraenzlin in Engler, Pflanzenr. 50(IV. 50. II. B. 21): 138. 1911. gao jing mao qiao lan Eria pulvinata Lindley, J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 56. 1858; E. rufinula H. G. Reichenbach; Pinalia pulvinata (Lindley) Kuntze; P. rufinula (H. G. Reichenbach) Kuntze; Trichotosia rufinula (H. G. Reichenbach) Kraenzlin. Plants reddish brown tomentose. Stem pendulous, cylindric, often to 50100 cm, 68 mm in diam., with many nodes, internodes ca. 2 cm. Leaves alternate along stem, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, oblique, 610 11.8 cm, both surfaces reddish brown tomentose, sheathing at base, apex acuminate; sheaths 1.52 cm, reddish brown tomentose, amplexicaul. Inflorescence borne above middle of stem, arising opposite leaves, ca. 2 cm, 36-flowered; floral bracts ovate-lanceolate, 56 mm, reddish brown tomentose abaxially. Flowers white, flushed pink; pedicel and ovary ca. 6 mm. Sepals reddish brown tomentose abaxially; dorsal sepal oblong, ca. 10 3 mm, obtuse; lateral sepals ovate-triangular, oblique, ca. 10 4 mm. Petals lanceolate, ca. 8 2 mm, glabrous, obtuse; lip subspatulate in outline, ca. 13 4 mm, entire, margin reflexed; disk with an elongate pulvinate callus toward apex. Column ca. 4 mm, apex slightly dilated; foot ca. 5 mm. Capsule ellipsoid, ca. 1 cm 5 mm, hirsute. Fl. Mar, fr. next Jul.
Lithophytic on rocks in forests; 12002000 m. S Guangxi, S Yunnan [Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaysia (Peninsular), Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].
5 mm, acuminate, blade and sheath densely covered with white hairs. Inflorescence lateral, 1-flowered; peduncle ca. 4 mm; floral bracts 4, subulate, 13 ca. 1 mm, hairy. Flower yellowish green; pedicel and ovary ca. 1 mm. Sepals coarsely hairy abaxially; dorsal sepal narrowly elliptic, ca. 3 2 mm, obtuse; lateral sepals obliquely triangular, ca. 5 3 mm, truncate. Petals lanceolate, ca. 2.5 1.5 mm, glabrous, acute; lip fleshy, entire, tongue-shaped, ca. 7 3 mm, rounded, shortly hairy, slightly concave at base, with a subglobose basal callus and 2 purple calli at center. Column subterete, ca. 1.2 mm, foot ca. 4 mm. Fl. OctNov.
Epiphytic on tree trunks in tropical montane evergreen forests; 13001500 m. Hainan (Dongfang).
3. Trichotosia microphylla Blume, Bijdr. 343. 1825. xiao ye mao qiao lan Eria microphylla (Blume) Blume; Pinalia microphylla (Blume) Kuntze. Plants 46 cm tall, white hirsute. Rhizome long, slender. Stems tufted or 11.5 cm apart, erect, cylindric, 412 cm, ca. 2 mm in diam., covered with leaf sheaths. Leaves 1012, alternate, fleshy; leaf blade narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate, 817 35 mm, both surfaces hirsute, apex obtuse. Inflorescence arising from upper portion of stem, opposite a leaf, 1-flowered;
2. Trichotosia dongfangensis X. H. Jin & L. P. Siu, Ann. Bot. Fenn. 41: 465. 2004. dong fang mao qiao lan Rhizome creeping, branching, ca. 1.5 mm in diam. Stems borne ca. 1 cm apart, 38 cm, bearing 57 leaves closely arranged in 2 rows. Leaves fleshy, oblong to lanceolate, ca. 10
peduncle covered by 1 or 2 sheaths; floral bracts densely arranged, lanceolate, ca. 6 mm, covered with long hairs, acuminate. Flowers yellow; pedicel and ovary ca. 3 mm, covered with long hairs. Sepals white hirsute abaxially; dorsal sepal ovate, ca. 3 1.52 mm, obtuse or acuminate; lateral sepals oblong, ca. 5 3 mm, obtuse; mentum ca. 4 mm. Petals oblong, ca. 2.5 1.5 mm, rounded, glabrous; lip subobovate-oblong, ca. 5 2.5 mm, slightly contracted near middle, abaxially hirsute, base connected at a right angle with column foot, margin entire, apex obtuse or subtruncate; disk with 5 lamellae extending from base to near apex, near middle with a purple ellipsoid callus on either side. Column ca. 1.5 mm; thickened; foot ca. 4 mm. Capsule ellipsoid-cylindric, ca. 6 2.5 mm, densely white hirsute; fruiting pedicel ca. 2 mm. Fl. AprJun, fr. Nov. 2n = 24 + 5B, 24 + 9B.
Epiphytic on tree trunks in forests; 10001500 m. Hainan, S Yunnan [Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam].
4. Trichotosia dasyphylla (E. C. Parish & H. G. Reichenbach) Kraenzlin in Engler, Pflanzenr. 50(IV. 50. II. B. 21): 138. 1911. gua zi mao qiao lan Eria dasyphylla E. C. Parish & H. G. Reichenbach, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 147. 1874; Pinalia dasyphylla (E. C. Parish & H. G. Reichenbach) Kuntze. Plants 23 cm tall, grayish white hirsute, with tufted rhizomes. Stem very short. Leaves 25, tufted, petiolate, elliptic or obovate-cuneate, 1015 46 mm, fleshy, apex obtuse; petiole 34 cm, running down to a trumpet-shaped basal sheath. Inflorescence axillary, with a solitary flower; peduncle 510 mm, with 2 trumpet-shaped basal sheaths; floral bracts persistent, ca. 2 mm, acuminate. Flowers pale yellow; pedicel very short. Sepals with dense long white hairs abaxially; dorsal sepal ovatelanceolate, 34 12 mm, obtuse; lateral sepals obliquely triangular, 56 ca. 4 mm, obtuse; mentum ca. 4 2 mm. Petals oblong, 34 ca. 1 mm, abaxially with dense white long hairs, apex obtuse; lip obovate-oblong, 56 ca. 3 mm, slightly contracted at middle, thickened, abaxially with white long hairs, margin ciliate, apex subtruncate, with 2 suboblong calli on both sides, with a slightly thickened area between calli. Column ca. 1.5 mm; foot ca. 4 mm. Capsule obovoid-cylindric, 56 nearly 3 mm, with white long hairs. Fl. JunSep.
Epiphytic on trees; 9001600 m. S and SW Yunnan [India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam].