Liparis cymbidiifolia J.J.Sm. 1908 SUBGENUS Menoneuron SECTION Pleiophyllum
TYPE Drawing by © J J Smith
TYPE Drawing of L mapanifolia by © Schlechter
LATER
Common Name The Cymbidium-Like Leaved Liparis
Flower Size .34" [8.5 mm]
Found in western New Guinea in primary and secondary hill and montane forest at elevations around 450 to 1300 meters as a small to medium sized, hot to cool growing terrestrial with a creeping, short rhizome giving rise to close set, erect, oblong, in cross section elliptic pseudobulbs carrying 3 to 4, erect, not articulated, divergent, linear-strap-shaped, acute, 5-nerved, the three inner nerves closely spaced, the outer nerves above indistinct, mid-rib grooved above, keeled underneath, sheath short, somewhat narrowed and conduplicate, clasping base leaves that blooms in the later spring on a terminal, arising through a conduplicate, acuminate, sharply acute, 1.28" [3.2 cm] long spathe, erect, shorter than the leaves, peduncle angular, with small longitudinal ribs, 4.4" [11 cm] long, with several linear-lanceolate, acute scales, rachis 1.2" [3 cm] long or more, 1.2" [3 cm] wide across the flowers, conical-racemose at the apex densely many-flowered inflorescence with appressed, basally ovate, long and sharply auminate, concave floral bracts and carrying flowers with the sepals dull yellow with greenish tips, the petals pale greenish brown, the Lip orange with a shiny base, the column pale brownish orange, the anther green with two indistinct yellow spots and ochrish yellow pollinia.
Synonyms Cestichis congesta (Ridl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2005; Cestichis cymbidiifolia (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2005; Cestichis mapaniifolia (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2005; Liparis congesta Ridl. 1916; Liparis mapaniifolia Schltr. 1911
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Bull. Dép. Agric. Indes Néerl. 19: 27 J J Smith 1908; *Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1911 as L mapaniifolia Drawing fide;
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