Species Information - Liparis cymbidiifolia

Liparis cymbidiifolia J.J.Sm., Bull. Dép. Agric. Indes Néerl. 19 (1908) 27

Type: Bogor cult. (Exp. Lorentz, Djibdja 376) s.n. (holo BO)

Synonyms:

• Cestichis cymbidiifolia (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, Orchadian 15 (2005) 39
• Liparis mapaniifolia Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1911) 189
  - Type: Schlechter 19322 (holo B, lost; iso AMES 2x, BM 2x, BO, GH!, K, L 2x, MO, NSW, S).
• Cestichis mapaniifolia (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, Orchadian 15 (2005) 39

Terrestrial. Rhizome creeping, short. Pseudobulbs closely spaced, erect, oblong, in cross-section elliptic, 3-4 cm long, 1-1.2 cm wide, 3- to 4-leaved. Leaves not articulated, erect, divergent, linear-strap-shaped, 23-35 cm long, 1.25-2.3 cm wide, acute, at the base somewhat narrowed and conduplicate, 5-nerved, the three inner nerves closely spaced, the outer nerves above indistinct, mid-rib grooved above, keeled underneath; sheath short, clasping the pseudobulb. Inflorescence terminal, erect, shorter than the leaves, at the apex densely many-flowered, conical-racemose, at the base with a conduplicate, acuminate, sharply acute, 3.2 cm long spathe; peduncle angular, with small longitudinal ribs, 11 cm long, with several linear-lanceolate, acute scales; rachis 3 cm long or more, 3 cm diam. across the flowers. Floral bracts appressed, at the base ovate, long and sharply acuminate, concave, 0.75 cm long. Flowers 0.85 cm wide. Median sepal widely patent, recurved, oblong-triangular, obtuse, convex, 0.5 cm long, 0.27 cm wide. Lateral sepals in apical part strongly recurved, obliquely oblong, obtuse, convex, 0.5 cm long, 0.27 cm wide. Petals widely patent, slightly recurved, linear, obtuse, at the base slightly dilated, convex, 1-nerved, 0.53 cm long, 0.1 cm wide. Lip very shortly clawed; claw shortly adnate to the column, inside with a transverse, in front rounded callus, 0.13 cm long; blade dilated, transversely elliptic, subreniform, when flattened 0.47 cm long, 0.65 cm wide, at the apex broad, indistinctly trilobulate, crenulate-dentate, in the middle with a small, longitudinal, short indistinct rib. Column hardly curved, 0.35 cm long, at the base 0.23 cm wide, in basal half strongly dilated, much broader than the ovary, dorsally compressed, in the apical part inside strongly concave, on either side of the stigma with a minute rounded wing; stigma small, lower margins raised, obtuse, triangular; clinandrium concave. Anther cucullate, obtuse. Pollinia 4, united into two pear-shaped bodies. Ovary pedicellate, , 1 cm long, 6-grooved. (After Smith, 1909)

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