Liparis perpusilla Hook.f. 1889 SECTION Platystylis Schlechter
Plant and flowers in situ Bhutan
Photos by © Peter O'Byrne and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name The Tiny Liparis
Flower Size .12" [3 mm]
Found in Yunnan province of CHina, Nepal and Bhutan at elevations of 1800 to 3900 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with tufted, ovoid-cylindric pseudobulbs carrying 3 to 4, linear to linear-lanceolate, acute leaves that blooms in the summer on a peduncle to .6 to 2" [1.5 to 5 cm] long, rachis to .6 to 1.8" [1.5 to 4.5 cm] long, laxly 5 to 14 flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acute floral bracts
Synonyms Leptorkis perpusilla (Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891; Liparis togashii Tuyama ex Hara 1966; Platystyliparis perpusilla ( Hook.f. ) Marg. 2007
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing fide; Dansk Bot Arkiv Bind 31 Nr 1 Orchids of Thailand IV Liparis Seidenfaden 1976; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 #8 1978; Indian Orchids, Guide to Identification and Culture vol 2 Pradhan 1979 drawing good; The Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 2 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;
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