Sichuan: Xiaojin Xian.
E of the city of Xiaojin at Meiwo Xiang.
Disturbed areas around abandoned cultivated fields, stony slopes above stream with scattered trees and shrubs (Salix, Berberis, Buddleja, Rosa), with Larix and occasional Abies at higher elevations.
30°51'35"N,
102°25'23"E;
3150-3250 m.
Open slope.Flowers blue, apex of inner tepals deep purple, lip with white spot.
David E. Boufford, Kazumi FUJIKAWA, Susan L. Kelley, Richard H. Ree, Bo XU, Da-Cai ZHANG, Jian-Wen ZHANG, Ti-Cao ZHANG, Wei-Dong ZHU