Liparis graminifolia Ormerod 2008 SUBGENUS Menoneuron SECTION Pleiophyllum

TYPE Drawing by © Paul Ormerod

Common Name The Grass-Like Leaves Liparis

Flower Size .24" [6 mm]

Found in New Guinea in secondary forest on lake shore at elevations around 2400 to 2800 meters as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with a creeping, terete, elongate rhizome enveloped by 3, inflated, papery, braoadly ovate-lanceolate sheaths giving rise to cylindrical, 1 to 2.8" [2.5 to 7 cm] between each pseudobulb carrying 2 to 3, erect, thin, linear, acute-acuminate with an arisita leaves that blooms in the fall, winter through mid spring on an angular, narrowly winged, 7.2 to 8.48" [18.8 to 21.2 cm] long overall, peduncle 3.6 to 4.6" [9 to 11.5 cm] long, provided with sheathing bracts, rachis 3.72 to 4.88" [9.3 to 12.2 cm] long, sublaxly 13 to 20 flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acute floral bracts and carrying flowers with the tepals green and the lip and apex of column darker green.

"Liparis graminifolia is unique in Section Pleiophyllum for the obcuneate-flabellate labellum and a column bearing wings that each have a median retrorse tooth, all other species have an elliptic, suborbicular to transversely elliptic-hexagonal labellum and entire column wings." Paul Ormerod 2008

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; * Orchadian 15:563 Ormerod 2008 Drawing fide;

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