Liparis siamensis Rolfe ex Downie 1925 SUBGENUS Sturmia SECTION Liparis

Photo by David Kuehn

Common Name The Thai Liparis - In China Dian Nan Yang Er Suan

Flower Size .2" [5mm]

Found in southern Yunnan province of China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand in forests at elevations of 330 to 1500 meters as a miniature sized, hot to cool growing terrestrial with an erect stem carrying 2, ovate, obtuse gradually narrowing below into the basally clasping base that blooms in the summer on an erect, thin, 3" [7.5 cm] long, several flowered inflorescence with all the flowers held towards the apex.

This terrestrial species was photographed in situ in northern Thailand in June of 2001.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing fide; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1965 corrections as L oliveacea not?; Dansk Bot Arkiv Bind 31 Nr 1 Orchids of Thailand IV Liparis Seidenfaden 1976 drawing close Seidenfaden does not have the median line on the lip????; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 photo fide; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Taiwania 64(2): 176-188 New Orchids (Orchidaceae) in the Flora of Vietnam I. Epidendroideae K.S. Nguyen and L. Averyanov 2019 photo fide

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