Liparis fleckeri Nicholls

Slender sphinx orchid (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Liparis

Characteristics

Pseudobulbs 25–35 × 20–30 mm, fleshy, dark green with wrinkled ridges. Leaves 2, 150–350 × 20–25 mm, thin-textured, dark green, pointed. Racemes 150–250 mm long, 5–20-flowered. Flowers 10–12 × 8–10 mm, pale green or whitish, ageing yellowish. Sepals and petals narrow, tapered, recurved. Dorsal sepal 8–9 × 2 mm. Lateral sepals 8–9 × 2.5 mm. Petals 8–9 × 0.2 mm. Labellum 6–8 × 3–4 mm, base channelled, with 2 prominent, fused, orange calli (no ridges), apex rounded with short, central point.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Locally common; found growing on trees and rocks in highland rainforest.
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Distribution

Liparis fleckeri world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:640884-1
WFO ID wfo-0000228141
COL ID 3V9L6
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Synonyms

Liparis fleckeri Cestichis fleckeri Stichorkis fleckeri