Pleione bulbocodioides var. bulbocodioides is a very variable orchid with several local forms that differ in the shape and size of flowers and pseudobulbs as well as in preference for growing sites. Many forms grow terrestrial, the pseudobulbs fully buried in heavy clayey soil, while others grow lithophytically with the root firmly attached in shallow humus on rocks, or they grow on moist rock walls in a mere layer of thin moss, from which the plants can be lifted easily. The typical variety P.bulbocodioides var. bulbocodioides grows in Huanglong, between 1750-1850m, on rocks above streams and terrestrial on clayey banks. The color varies from deep to light magenta in all parts,including the inside of the lip. The lip callus is undulated to very slightly notched towards the apex. The showy flower, arising on a short scape from the pseudobulb before the single deciduous leaf appears, has a diameter of 6-9cm. The leaf expands after flowering and reaches a length of 10-15 cm.

         Flowering: mid April-early May.

        独蒜兰（ 原变种） 的形态变化很大， 可以划分出好几个地方类型， 这些类型在花和假鳞茎的形状以及植株大小等方面存在一定的差异。独蒜兰（ 原变种） 大多数是地生植物， 具有假鳞茎，生长在比较黏重的土壤中，还有一些则附生石上，根牢固地着生在有少量腐殖质的岩石上，或者生长在覆盖着一层薄苔藓的潮湿岩壁上，这样就很容易将苔藓和独蒜兰假鳞茎全部拔起。在黄龙典型的独蒜兰（ 原变种） 生长在溪流两边的岩壁上， 也可生长在岸边的土壤中，海拔通常1 7 5 0 - 1 8 5 0米。花的颜色极富变化，花各部分及唇瓣内部的颜色为深红紫色至浅红紫色。唇瓣上的胼胝体向顶端方向为波状至微锯齿状。独蒜兰（ 原变种）花非常艳丽，在单叶长出之前，花便从假鳞茎的花葶长出，花葶上通常具一朵花， 花直径6 - 9厘米。叶片通常在花后才展开，叶片长一般为1 0 - 1 5厘米。

        花期：4月中旬至5月上旬。