Liparis lauterbachii Schltr. 1906

Drawing by © Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name Lauterbach's Liparis

Flower Size

Found in eastern Java at 900 meters as a small sized, warm to cool growing orchid with close set, flattened pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, linear, acute leaf that blooms on a 6.8" 17 cm] long, laxly flowered inflorescence.

Comber states that this one may be extinct as its type location no longer has forest and he searched the area for more than 7 years.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Java J B Comber 1990;

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