Liparis bootanensis Griff. 1851 SUBGENUS Cestichis SECTION Platyglossum
Photos by © Takato NATSU from Japan and his Japan Orchids Page
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Common Name The Bhutan Liparis - In China Lian Chi Yang Er Suan
Flower Size .72" [1.8 cm]
Found in Assam India, eastern Himalayas, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Yunnan China, Vietnam, Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, the Philippines, Sumatra and Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands and Japan in humid, mossy, mixed and coniferous forests and primary highland cloud forests at elevations of 1000 to 2300 meters as a miniature sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial [Java], lithophyte or epiphyte [Philippines] with clumping 1" pseudobulbs each with a pair of bright green veined 8" leaves, spikes are 14" [35 cm] long and carry up to 20 small flowers which open during a couple of months, the .72" [1.8 cm] blooms are apple-green with a dark-green stripe down the middle of the square lip, free flowering.
Synonyms Cestichis forbesii (Ridl.) Ames 1908; Cestichis plicata (Franch. & Sav.) Maek. 1937; Leptorchis forbesii (Ridl.) Kuntze 1891; Leptorchis lancifolia (Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891; Leptorchis pachypus (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891; Leptorchis plicata (Franch. & Sav.) Kuntze 1891; Liparis amphibius Gagnep. 1950; Liparis forbesii Ridl. 1886; Liparis lancifolia Hkr.f 1890; Liparis pachypus C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f 1874; Liparis plicata Franch. & Sav. 1878; Liparis pterostyloides Szlach. 1993; Liparis ruybarrettoi S.Y.Hu & Barretto 1976; Liparis subplicata Tang & F.T.Wang 1974; Liparis uchiyamae Schltr. 1906; Stichorkis bootanensis (Griff.) Marg., Szlach. & Kulak 2008
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95 as Liparis pachypus; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing fide; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905 as L forbesii; Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Smith 1908 as L forbesi drawing fide; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Fascile 2 Ames 1908 as Cestichis forbesii; Orchidaeceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1911 as L forbesii; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing ok; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1965 corrections drawing not = B balansae; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Dansk Bot Arkiv Bind 31 Nr 1 Orchids of Thailand IV Liparis Seidenfaden 1976 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 8 1978; Indian Orchids, Guide to Identification and Culture vol 2 Pradhan 1979 drawing fide; The Complete Writings on Philippine Orchids Vol 1 Quisumbing 1981 as L forbesii; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 photo?; The Orchids of Penninsular Mayasia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing fide; The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Beaman, Wood, Beaman & Beaman 1993; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; The Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 15 No 4 2000; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002 drawing fide; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; The Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 drawing ok; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 2 2008; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Mountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2009 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing ok; The Atlas of Wild Orchids in Hainan Island, China Shenyan and Junmei 2010 photo fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 as B bistriata photo fide but #193a and 193b; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011; The Wild Orchids of Hong Kong Barretto, Cribb and Gale 2011 drawing/photo fide; Turczaninowia 16(4):26-46 NEW AND RARE ORCHIDS (ORCHIDACEAE) IN THE FLORA OF CAMBODIA AND LAOS Averyanov 2013 ; Turczaninowia 19 (2): 34–49 Averanov, Vuong and Tam 2016 photo fide; Turczaninowia 19 (3): 5–58 L. V. Averyanov, Khang Sinh Nguyen etal 2016 ; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 2 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;
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