Liparis stenoglossa Par. & Rchb.f 1874 SUBGENUS Sturmia SECTION Liparis

Photos by © P Phonsena and The Species New To Science Blogspot

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

Common Name The Slim Lip Liparis

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in Myanmar and northeast Thailand as a miniature sized terrestrial with an erect, cauliform pseudobulb carrying three, elliptic, acute, contracted below intothe elongate, petiolate base leaves that blooms on an erect, terminal, 5" [12.5 cm] long, laxly several to many flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Leptorkis stenoglossa (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Dansk Bot Arkiv Bind 31 Nr 1 Orchids of Thailand IV Liparis Seidenfaden 1976 drawing fide

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