Liparis fargesii Finet 1908 SECTION Coriifolia Rchb.f
Photo by © Jin Xiaohua
Drawing by © Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
EARLY
Common Name Farges' Liparis [English Missionary and Plant Collector Late 1800's 1900's] - In China Xiao Yang Er Suan
Flower Size
Found in southern China on trees or rocks in shady montane areas at elevations around 300 to 1700 meters as a mini-miniature sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte or lithophyte with prostrate, subcylindrical pseudobulbs with new pseudobulbs arising from near the apex of the previous pseudobulb carrying a single, membraneous, elliptic to oblong, rounded to obtuse, narrowing below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms in the early fall on a compressed, cylindric, 1.2 to 2.4" [3 to 6 cm] long, 2 to 3 flowered inflorescence with narrowly lanceolate floral bracts.
Synonyms Stichorkis fargesii ( Finet ) Marg. , Szlach. & Ku?ak 2008
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Dansk Bot Arkiv Bind 31 Nr 1 Orchids of Thailand IV Liparis Seidenfaden 1976 drawing fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 2 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;
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