Liparis vexillifera (Lex.) Cogn. 1895 SECTION Otophyllum Schlechter
Plant and Flower in situ Mexico
Photos by © Mary Gerritsen
Drawing by © Dunsterville & Garay
Common Name The Flag-Carrying Liparis
Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]
Found in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama in wet cloud forests at elevations of 1200 to 3250 meters as a miniature to small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with a short swollen stem carrying a single, linear-lanceolate, folded, acute leaf that blooms in the summer and fall on an erect, winged above, to 2.4" [6 cm] long, laxly 10 to 20 flowered inflorescence carrying color variable flowers
Synonyms *Cymbidium vexilliferum Lex. 1825; Leptorkis vexillifera (Lex.) Kuntze 1898; Liparis galeottiana (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Hemsl. 1879; Liparis vexillifera var. galeottiana (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Ames & Correll 1942; Liparis vexillifera var. latifolia Cogn. 1895; Malaxis galeottiana A.Rich. & Galeotti 1845
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Nov. Veg. Descr. 2(Orchid. Opusc.): 11 La Llave & Lexara 1825 as Cymbidium vexillaria
Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 3: 18 A Rich & Galeotti 1845 as Malaxis galeotiana;
Gard. Chron., n.s., 11: 559 Hemsl 1879 as L galeotiana;
Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 300 Kuntze 1898 as Leptorkis vexillaria;
Fl. Bras. 3(4): 289 Cogniaux 1895;
Fl. Bras. 3(4): 290 Cogniaux 1895 as L vexillaria var latifolia;
Flora of Jamaica Fawcett & Rendle 1910;
Bot. Mus. Leafl. 10: 79 Ames & Corell 1942 as L vexillaria var galeotiana;
Orchids of Guatemala Ames & Correl 1952;
Orchids of Guatemala Ames & Correl 1952 as L vexillaria var galeottiana;
Orchids of Peru Schweinfurth Vol 2 1959;
Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 3 Dunsterville & Garay 1965 not = L jamaicensis;
Flora de Venezuela Volumen 15 Parte 1 Foldats 1969 drawing fide;
The Orchids of El Salvador Vol 2 Hamer 1974 drawing fide/photo ok;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide;
Orchids of Venezuela, An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 2 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 not = L jamacensis;
Las Orquedias de El Salvador Vol 3 Hamer 1981 drawing ok;
Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 823 Hamer 1983 drawing fide;
Die Orchideen Band 3 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas Liferung #13 753 - 819 Liparinae 1983;
ORQUIDEA (Méx.) 10 (2) 1987 drawing/photo fide; Selbyana Vol 10 Orchids of Central America Hamer 1988
Moscosoa 7: 153 Donald Dod 1993 drawing fide;
An Orchid Flora Of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Ackerman 1995;
Guatemala Y Sus Orquideas Behar & Tinschert 1998 photo fide;
Orchids of Venezuela [An illustrated field guide] Vol. 1 Ramiro and Carnevali 2000 = L jamaicensis;
Orquideas del Estado de Morelos ORQUÍDEA (MÉX.) VOLUMEN 16 NÚMERO ÚNICO enero 2002 drawing/photo fide;
Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 3 Dodson 2002 drawing fide;
Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Vol 3 Hammel, Grayum, Herrera and Zamora 2003;
The Orchids of Cuba Llamacho & Larramendi 2005 photo not = L jamaicensis;
Orchid Genera and Species in Guatemala Archila, Szlachchetko, Chiron, Lipinska, Mystkowska and Bertolini 2018;
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol IV:83 Szlatchetko & Kolanowska 2023 drawing fide
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