Liparis vestita Rchb. f. 1872 Photos by Manorot Tangsaveepha Copyright ©

Full Shade Summer Fall

Common Name The Dressed Liparis [refers to the sheaths]

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in Assam and NE India with an elongate pseudobulb carrying 2 smaller leaves that blooms in the summer and fall on a 6" [15 cm] long, several to many flowered inflorescence

Synonyms *Leptorchis vestita (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891; Stichorkis vestita (Rchb.f.) Marg., Szlach. & Kulak 2008

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 8 1978; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; ;