Liparis zosterops N.Hallé 1977
Plant and Flowers in situ New Caledonia Photos by © Edouard Faria and The Stanhopea Passion Website
Common Name The Strap Shaped Liparis
Flower Size .24" [6 mm]
Found in central and northcentral New Caledonia in dense semi-shaded montane forests at elevations around 1000 meters as a mini-mniature to miniature sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with a short pseudobulb enveloped entirely by leaf sheth bases carrying elliptic-lanceolate, acute leaves that blooms in the later fall on an erect, 2.8 to 5.6" [7 to 14 cm] long, rachis .8 to 2" [2 to 5 cm] long, 5 to 10 flowered inflorescence
Synonyms *Lyperanthus rarus Schltr. 1906
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependences Vol 8 Orchidaceae Halle 1977 drawing fide;
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