Liparis halconensis (Ames) Ames 1915 SECTION Coriifoliae Ridley
Photos by © Sunoochi and Flikr Orchid Photo Website
Drawing by © Ames and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name The Mt Halcon Liparis [A mountain on Mindoro Island]
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in the Philippines at elevations of 400 to 800 meters as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte or terrestrial with ovate pseudobulbs carrying 2, oblong to lanceolate leaves that blooms on an erect, terminal, longer than the leaves, to 10" [25 cm] long, loosely many flowered inflorescence carrying emerald green becoming yellow with age, non-resupinate flowers.
Synonyms *Cestichis halconensis Ames 1907
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Fascile 3 Ames 1908 as Cestichis halconensis drawing fide; Orchidiana Philippiana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Philippine Native Orchid Species Cootes 2009 photo fide;
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