Dragonfly orchid

Dragonfly orchid

(key to northeast plants)

[synonym] Phyllostachys pubescens (Hunan folk medicine materials).

[source] it is the whole plant of Orchidaceae.

[plant morphology] Dragonfly

Perennial herbs, 25-50 cm high. The roots are elongated and slightly thickened. In the lower part of the stem, there are usually three (2) larger leaves, obovate, long elliptic, elliptic or wide elliptic, 6-15 cm long and 3-8 cm wide, with round apex and sharp tip; in the upper part of the stem, there are 1-2 bract like leaves, significantly small. Inflorescence 7-15 cm long; flowers yellowish green, arranged slightly dense; bracts lanceolate linear, apex pointed; central sepal elliptic, 4-5 mm long, round head, 1 vein, lateral sepals and petals several equal length; lip linear oblong, base on both sides of a small triangular protuberance, from the round tube, 7-9 mm long, curved forward.

Born in the edge of the forest, forest wet place. It is distributed in the middle and northeast of China.

[function indications] Hunan folk medicine materials: "treating burns. "

[usage and dosage] external use: mash juice and spread it.