~Liparis mapaniifolia Schltr. 1911 - See Liparis cymbidiifolia J.J.Sm. 1908 SUBGENUS Menoneuron SECTION Pleiophyllum

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

Common Name The Mapania-Like Leaved Liparis [A Cyperaceae - A reed-like plant]

Flower Size

Found in New Guinea in forests at elevations around 450 meters as a medium sized, hot to warm growing terrestrial with a very short rhizome giving rise to short fleshy stems carrying 3 to 4, erect-patent, linear, acute, nerved, glabrous, attenuate below into the base leaves that blooms in the fall on an erect, green, thin, somewhat substrict, subangular, glabrous, 10" [25 cm] long, laxly 15 to 25 flowered inflorescence with narrowly lanceolate, erect-patent, glabrous, acuminate, much shorter than the ovary floral bracts.

Schlechter states that the flowers are grass green with a darker lip.

Synonyms Cestichis mapaniifolia (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2005

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1911 Drawing fide;

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