Liparis dendrochiloides Seidenf. ex Aver. 1988

Plant and Flowers

Photos by © Truong Ba Vuong and The genus Liparis (Orchidaceae) in Hon Ba nature reserve, Vietnam, Khanh Hoa province Website

TYPE Drawing Drawing by © Seidenfaden and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Part Shade Cool

Common Name The Dendrochilum Like Liparis

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in Vietnam at elevations around 1500 to 2000 meters as a small to medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with an ovoid pseudobulb carrying a single, lanceolate, acute, conduplicate below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms on an erect, rachis to 5" [12.5 cm] long, 8" [20 cm] long overall, losely many flowered inflorescence arising on a newly emerging growth.

Synonyms Stichorkis dendrochiloides (Seidenf. ex Aver.) Marg. 2008

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994; Turczaninowia 19 (2): 34–49 Averanov, Vuong and Tam 2016 photo fide

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