Liparis resupinata Ridl. 1886 SECTION Cestichis

Inflorescence Photos courtesy of Manorot Tangsaveepha Copyright ©, and the Butterfly and Orchids Photo Gallery

Full shadeCoolWarmFallTHROUGHSpring

Common Name The Resupinate Liparis - In China Rui Si Yang Er Suan

Flower Size .8" [2 cm]

Found in Assam India, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Southern India, western Himalayas, Sikkim, Bhutan, Thailand and South Yunnan Province China in sparse woods at elevations of 1300-2500 meters as a medium sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte with tufted, ovoid-cylindric, sheathed pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 4, alternate, membraneous, linear-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, sessile leaves that blooms in the fall through spring on an arcuate, slender, fractiflex, 3.2" to 12" [8 to 30 cm]long, laxly many flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Leptorkis resupinata (Ridl.) Kuntze 1891; Leptorkis ridleyi (Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891; Liparis ridleyi Hook.f. 1889; Platystyliparis resupinata (Ridl.) Marg. 2007; Platystyliparis resupinata var. ridleyi (Hook.f.) Marg. 2007

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing hmm; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 8 1978 drawing; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 NO 8 1978 as L ridleyi; Orchids of Kumaun Himalayas Pangtey, Samant and Rawat 1991; The Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Mountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2009 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo okish; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing okish; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos ok;

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