Liparis condylobulbon Rchb. f. 1862 SECTION Cestichis Photo Courtesy Of Jay Pfahl
Flower Closeup Photo Courtesy Of Jay Pfahl
To 
Common Name Refers to the shape of the Pseudobulbs] - The Tapered Sphinx Orchid - In China Xi Jing Yang Er Suan
Flower Size 1/8" to 1/4" [3 to 6 mm]
This orchid has flask-shaped pseudobulbs carrying 1 to 2 narrowly lanceolate, thin textured leaves and flowers in the winter and summer on a terminal, arching 4 to 10" [10 to 25 cm] racemose, densely many [50] flowered inflorescence emerging from a narrowly triangular green bract and is a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte or lithophyte found on mossy tree trunks at elevations around sea-level to 1600 meters from Burma through SE Asia, Solomoms, Australia, Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatunu and New Caledonia as a medium sized, warm to hot growing orchid. It is most often found on the upperside of low tree branches over beaches and lagoons and is a large mat of many plants. It can also be found in the mid level canopy of rainforests in large mat colonies on larger branches. High humidity, good ventilation, scattered dappled sun and an open epiphytic mix are required for proper growth.
Synonyms Cestichis vestita Ames 1908; Gyrostachys nesophila (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891; Leptorchis condylobulbon [Rchb.f] Kuntze 1891; Liparis amboinensis J.J.Sm. 1914; Liparis confusa J.J. Sm. 1905; Liparis confusa J.J. Sm. var amboinensis J.J.Sm. 1905; Liparis dolichopoda Hayata 1914; Liparis flaccida Schlechter?; Liparis nesophila Rchb. f. 1878; Liparis persimilis Schltr. 1911; Liparis savaiiensis H.Fleischm. & Rech. 1910; Liparis treubii J.J.Sm. 1917; Stichorkis condylobulbon (Rchb.f.) Marg., Szlach. & Kulak 2008
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Otia Botanica Hamburgensia Rchb.f 1878 as Liparis nesophila; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905 as L confusa; Die Orchideen Von Java figuren Atlas J.J.Sm. 1905 as L confusa drawing fide; The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1985 as Liparis persimilis drawing fide; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchids of Vanuatu Lewis & Cribb 1989; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 photo ok; The Orchids of the Solomon Islands and Bougainville Lewis & Cribb 1991 drawing fide; The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Beaman, Wood, Beaman & Beaman 1993; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Native Orchids of New Caledonia Societe' Neo-Caledonienne D' Orchidophile 1995 photo ok; The Orchids of Samoa Cribb & Whistler 1996; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001 photo hmm. closer to photo of L parviflora; Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001 photo ok; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 1 O'Byrne 2001 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol IV Shuiteman and de Vogel 2006; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Cestichis condybulbon; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 2 2008; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Illustrations Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing ok; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 photo fide
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
