Materials and methods
Specimens and living plants of this new species and Cylindrolobus
arunachalensis (A. N. Rao) A. N. Rao were collected from Gaoligong
Mountain, northwest Yunnan, and Motuo, southeast Xizang respectively.
Morphological characters of both orchid species were observed, measured
and photographed based on their living individuals. All voucher
specimens were deposited in the Herbaria of
the Kunming Institute of Botany
(KUN), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and the Yunnan Academy of
Forestry and Grassland (YAF). The living plants were kept in the
laboratory greenhouse of the Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS.