Liparis swenssonii F.M.Bailey

Northern tom cats (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Liparis

Characteristics

Pseudobulbs 30–40 × 25–30 mm, dark green or yellowish green. Leaves 1–2, 100–200 × 25–30 mm, curved, dark green to yellowish green, often folded, midrib keeled. Racemes 100–250 mm long, 5–30-flowered. Flowers 7–9 × 7–10 mm, greenish yellow to yellowish with orange labellum. Sepals and petals narrow, spreading or slightly decurved. Dorsal sepal 7–9 × 2 mm. Lateral sepals 7–9 × 2mm. Petals 6–8 × 1 mm. Labellum 6–8 × 3–3.5 mm, base deeply channelled with 2 orange ridges c. 3 mm long, apex blunt with irregular margins.
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Environment

Locally common; found growing in shade on wet rocks and rock faces in rainforest and humid areas of open forest; also often prominent in stony soil on the edges of escarpments and cliffs.
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Distribution

Liparis swenssonii world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Liparis swenssonii threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:641224-1
WFO ID wfo-0000228559
COL ID 3V9VG
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Liparis swenssonii Stichorkis swenssonii Cestichis swenssonii Liparis reflexa var. parviflora