Liparis liangzuensis T.P.Lin & W.M.Lin 2011
TYPE Photo/TYPE Drawing by © T.P.Lin & W.M.Lin 2011 and Taiwania 56: 318 T.P.Lin & W.M.Lin 2011
Common Name Liang-Zu's Liparis [in dedication to Mr Liang-Zu Chang who is the first one to collect this orchid current]
Flower Size .08 to .12" [2 to 3 mm]
Found in Taipei county of Taiwan on rocks close to creeks as a small sized, hot growing lithophyte with close set pseudobulbs usually not arranged in linear fashion, ovoid, somewhat compressed pseudobulb carrying 1 t orarely 2, linear, narrowing very graduakky towards the base, green leaves that blooms in the fall on a terminal, erect to arcuate, pwdunclwe to 7.2" [18 cm], compressed, usually without sheathing bracts, rachis 3.2 to 3.6" [8 to 9 cm] long, more or less densely many flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, short to longer than the pedicellate ovary and carrying small, pale green, spreading flowers.
"This new species is similar to Liparis laurisilvatica but differs in having much longer, linear leaves and much smaller flowers. This new species is definitely much less abundant than L. laurisilvatica. This species was overlooked by the authors because it was considered to be L. laurisilvatica. Mr Liang-Zu Chang collected this species from the Fushan area and grew this herb in his garden. He was sensitive enough to discern the uniqueness of the species when he saw the plant and flowers. For example, pseudobulbs of L. laurisilvatica are arranged in a linear fashion because only one new bulb is produced from the old one, while in L. liangzuensis pseudobulbs are not deployed in a linear fashion because more than 1 new bulb is produced, thus forming a clustered mass. Another character notably presenting in L. liangzuensis is a well-developed side-lobe of the labellum that is usually not the case in other single-leafed Liparis in Taiwan. The flowering time was recorded under cultivation and greatly differed from that of L. laurisilvatica which is between October and November. ." T.P.Lin & W.M.Lin 2011
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Taiwania 56: 315 T.P.Lin & W.M.Lin 2011 drawing/photo fide
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