Liparis aphylla G.A.Romero & Garay 1999 SECTION Aphylla
Photo by © Alexander Damian and PhytoKeys 61 27-35 Damian and Ormerod 2016
TYPE Drawing by © B Angell courtesy of Dr Leslie Garay
Common Name The Leafless Liparis
Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]
Found in Boyaca department of Colombia, Azuay province of Ecuador and Cajamarca departemnt of northwestern Peru in cold montane cloud forests in loose mosses at elevations of 2600 to 3300 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cold growing, saprophytic terrestrial with a subglobose pseudobulb enveloped by a basal, foliaceous, green sheath that blooms in the summer on racemose, erect, 3.12" [7.8 cm] long overall, peduncle, slender, 1.6" [4 cm] long, rachis weakly flexuous, distichous, 1.52" [3.8 cm] long, successively 1 to 2, to 6 flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acute, green, longer than the ovary floral bracts and carrying widely opening, resupinate, non fragrant flowers.
Unique in the genus in its leafless habit. It has been rarely collected and is quite disjunctly distributed.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Harvard Papers in Botany Vol 4 # 2 6 Schedulae Orchidum II Garay 1999 drawing fide;
PhytoKeys 61 27-35 Damian and Ormerod 2016 drawing/photo fide;
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol IV:79 Szlatchetko & Kolanowska 2023 drawing fide
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