Liparis vestita Rchb. f. 1872 SUBGENUS Cestichis SECTION Blepharoglossum Schlechter
Photos by Manorot Tangsaveepha Copyright ©
Drawing by © Seidenfaden and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name The Dressed Liparis [refers to the sheaths]
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in Assam, northeastern India and Thailand with an elongate pseudobulb carrying 2 smaller leaves that blooms in the summer and fall on a 6" [15 cm] long, several to many flowered inflorescence
Synonyms *Leptorchis vestita (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891; Liparis espeevijii S.Misra 2004; Liparis vestita subsp. seidenfadenii S.Misra 1986; Stichorkis vestita (Rchb.f.) Marg., Szlach. & Kulak 2008
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Fascile 2 Ames 1908 as Cestichis vestita; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1911; Dansk Bot Arkiv Bind 31 Nr 1 Orchids of Thailand IV Liparis Seidenfaden 1976 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 8 1978; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo ok; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Orchids of Odisha Misra 2014 as L espeevijii drawing fide; LANKESTERIANA 18(1) 2018 photo fide;
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
