Liparis bicolor J.J.Sm.1905 SUBGENUS Cestichis SECTION Blepharoglossum Schlechter
Plant and Inflorescence Photos by © Manorot Tangsaveepha and hisButterfly and Orchids Website
Common Name The Two Colored Liparis
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in Thailand, Malaysia, Java and Sumatra at elevations around 1400 to 1700 meters as a medium sized, cool growing epiphyte with close set, elongate [to 8" - 20 cm] long pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 3, apical, narrowly lanceoalte, acute, narrowing gradually into the base leaves that blooms on a as long as the leaves, white, to 16" [40 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Stichorkis bicolor (J.J.Sm.) Marg., Szlach. & Kulak 2008
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905; Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Smith 1908 as L biloba drawing fide; Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Holttum 1957; Dansk Bot Arkiv Bind 31 Nr 1 Orchids of Thailand IV Liparis Seidenfaden 1976 drawing fide; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing fide; The Orchids of Java Comber 1990; The Orchids of Penninsular Mayasia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing fide; The Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo fide; Wild Orchids of the Cameron Highlands REACH 2009 photo fide; Wild Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 photo fide
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