Orchid Information - Genus Liparis section Distichon

Genus Liparis section Distichon

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Pseudobulbs 1-leaved. Leaves more or less leathery, duplicate, articulated with the leaf or pseudobulb, leaving a clean scar when shed. Inflorescence terminal; peduncle terete; floral bracts distichous, closely spaced. Flowers opening in succession, usually one-by-one, less often in groups of a few flowers at a time. Lip knee-like bent, 3-lobed near the base, glabrous or with papillose-puberulous patches or papillose or ciliate margins; lateral lobes appear like basal swellings separated from the midlobe by a fold; basal callus of the lip quadrangular or double, in front often with two swellings; midlobe suborbicular to rectangular, rarely lanceolate and acute, as broad as the basal half of the lip to much narrower, usually with truncate to subapiculate-acuminate apex. Column short or long, more or less broadly winged.

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