Liparis siamensis Rolfe ex Downie 1925 SECTION Liparis Photo courtesy of David Kuehn

Common Name The Thai Liparis - In China Dian Nan Yang Er Suan

Flower Size .2" [5mm]

Found in south Yunnan China, Laos, Burma and Thailand in forests at elevations of 330 to 1500 meters as a miniature sized, hot to warm growing terrestrial with an erect stem carrying 2, ovate, obtuse gradually narrowing below into the basally clasping base that blooms in the summer on an erect, thin, 3" [7.5 cm] long, several flowered inflorescence with all the flowers held towards the apex.

This terrestrial species was photographed in situ in Northern Thailand in june of 2001.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009;

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