Herminium albovirens (Renz) X.H.Jin, Schuit., Raskoti & Lu Q.Huang – a new report for India from the state of Sikkim.
Terrestrial. Plants 4.5-7 cm. Tuber ovoid, 0.5-1, 0.7-1.2 cm in diameter. Stem cylindric, 2.5-5 cm, slender, rooting from base. Leaves lanceolate-oblanceolate, 2-3.5 X 1-1.7 cm, sessile, apex acute-recurved. Peduncle ribbed; flower terminal. Sepals 0.7-1.2 X 1-1.5 cm, apex blunt-minutely concave; dorsal ovate; lateral ovate-lanceolate. Petals oblong-obovate to oblong-rhombic, 0.5-1 X 0.7-1 cm, apex blunt. Lip as long as sepals; 3-lobed; lobules oblong-lanceolate, apex blunt. Spur cylindric, apex blunt. Floral bract lanceolate, much shorter than ovary.
13200-13400 ft; August/September; Extremely rare.
Sikkim.
- Swami, N. (2016). Terrestrial Orchids 1-228. Pushpa Mrga, India, as Bhutanthera albovirens Renz
- Swami, N. (2018). The Orchids of the Eastern Himalaya. Mobile application. Pushpa Mrga, India (updated July/2019). https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flower.orchids&fbclid=IwAR32XjqcWVRbYNev1CePyBsV5frRPjuRWmSpAtBQ-G7pLwp1ritmXfZzCZw