Cymbidium ORCHIDACEAE Luisia 



markings, fragrant, III. Ceylon, Java, Sumatra, Burma, Japan, China; locally in 

 An., Che., Ki., Ku. Cultivated, ornamental. Fig. 510. 



13. Luisia Gaud. ^MMM (Ch'ai Ku Lan Shu; Hair-pin-orchid Genus) 



Epiphytic plants of the tropics; stems rather short, growing on from year to year, 

 simple in our species, provided with few to several long terete leaves; inflorescence 

 lateral, very short and few-flowered; flowers small or medium-sized; sepals and petals 

 narrow, similar; lip simple (in our species) or 3-lobed, commonly concave at the base. 



An Old World genus with about 40 species; 4 in China. 



1 . Luisia hancockii Rolfe Hi (Shih Lan) (K.B.1896: 199). Plant short, about 7.5-15 cm. 

 high; racemes abbreviated, 2-to 3-flowered; flowers small, with subcordate-oblong, 

 obtuse or emarginate lip. China; locally in Che. Growing on trees. 



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