Liparis platyrachis Hook.f. 1889 SECTION Platystylis Schlechter
Photo by © Li Jianwu
Drawing by © Pantling and The Plant Illustration Website
Drawing by © Seidenfaden
LATE 
Common Name The Broad Rachis Liparis
Flower Size .16 to .2" [4 to 5 mm]
Found in Nepal, Sikkim and Yunnan province of China at elevations of 1200 to 2200 meters as a mini-miniature to miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with tufted, cylindric, compressed pseudobulbs carrying 3 to 5, linear-lanceolate, acute, sessile base leaves that blooms in the late summer and fall on a pendent, elongate, peduncle intermittently winged, bracteolate, to .8 to 1.6" [2 to 4 cm] long, rachis 2 to 4.4" [5 to 11 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence with linear floral bracts
Synonyms Leptorkis platyrachis (Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891; Platystyliparis platyrachis ( Hook.f. ) Marg. 2007
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing fide; Botanisk Tidsserift 67: 76-127 Contributions to the Orchid Flora of Thailand IV Seidenfaden 1972 drawing fide; Dansk Bot Arkiv Bind 31 Nr 1 Orchids of Thailand IV Liparis Seidenfaden 1976 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 #8 1978; Indian Orchids, Guide to Identification and Culture vol 2 Pradhan 1979 drawing fide; The Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; LANKESTERIANA 15(1): 7—50. Jeewan Singh Jalal & J. Jayanthi 2015; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 2 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;
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