Liparis elmeri [Ames] Ames 1911 SUBGENUS Cestichis SECTION Distichae
Plant and Flower in situ Philippines
Photos by © P.B. Pelser & J.F. Barcelona and PhytoImages Website
Common Name Elmer's Liparis [Elmer Merrill American Botanist and Orchid Collector in the Philippines late 1800 to early 1900's]
Flower Size
Found only in the Philippines at elevations of 260 to 2300 meters as a small sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte with pear-shaped pseudobulbs enveloped by triangular-lanceolate bracts and carrying narrowy oblong leaves that blooms on a flattened, winged, many successively inflorescence.
CAUTION I am absolutely sure that this is the correct photo for this species and it belongs in the section Distichae, not Elatae. If you have a Liparis elmeri that has a loosely several to many flowered inflorescence in the section elatae, then name of your orchid is Liparis dumaguetensis.
Synonyms *Cestichis elmeri Ames 1905; Disticholiparis elmeri (Ames) Marg. & Szlach. 2004; Stichorkis elmeri (Ames) Naive & Ormerod 2019
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 1 Ames 1905 as Cestichis elmeri drawing fide; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Fascile 2 Ames 1908 as Cestichis elmeri; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1911; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; Lankesteriana 19(3) 253 - 61 Naive & Ormerod 2019 as Stichorchis elmeri photo fide
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