Liparis delicatula Hook.f. 1890 SECTION Platystylis Schlechter
Photo by Averyanov © and Taiwania 61(4):319-354 November 2016, New Species of Orchids (Orchidaceae) in the Flora of Vietnam Averyanov, Nong, Nguyen and Truong
Drawing by © Seidenfaden and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Drawing by © Flora Of China Website
EARLIER 
Common Name The Very Delicate Liparis - In China Xiao Qiao Yang Er Suan
Flower Size .24" [6 mm]
Found in Hainan, Xizang and Yunnan provinces of China, Assam, the eastern Himalayas, Laos and Vietnam on tree in forests or along valleys at elevations of 500 to 2900 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte with densely arranged, oblong to cylindric-fusiform pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 3, spatulate-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, papery, articulate, acute and apiculate apically, contracted below into the short, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the winter on an erect, upper part sometimes narrowly winged, 1.6 to 4" [4 to 10 cm] long, several to 10 flowered inflorescence with a few sterile bracts and ovate-lanceolate floral bracts
Synonyms Leptorkis delicatula (Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891; Platystyliparis delicatula (Hook.f.) Marg. 2007
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing good; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfadden & Smitnand 1959; Dansk Bot Arkiv Bind 31 Nr 1 Orchids of Thailand IV Liparis Seidenfaden 1976 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 #8 1978; Indian Orchids, Guide to Identification and Culture vol 2 Pradhan 1979 drawing fide; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos hmm; Wulfenia 22 [2015]: 137 - 188 New Orchids in the Flora of Vietnam Averyanov, Nguyen, Tich, Nguyen, Nong, Nguyen and Xuan photo fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 2 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;
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