Species Information - Liparis werneri

Liparis werneri Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10 (1911) 250

Type: Werner 45 (syn B, lost); Schlechter 19077 (syn B, lost); neotype, designated by Van Royen

Synonyms:

• Cestichis werneri (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, Orchadian 15 (2005) 40

Epiphytic, erect or suberect, 25-45 cm high; rhizome very short; roots filiform, elongated, flexuose, puberulous. Pseudobulbs stalk-like, slender, somewhat compressed, at the base somewhat swollen, 3-4.5 cm long, at the base to 0.4 cm diam., 1-leaved. Leaf erect, oblanceolate-ligulate, acuminate, at the base cuneate, gradually narrowed into the petiole, glabrous, including the petiole 20-27 cm long, above the middle 1.5-2.5 cm wide; petiole somewhat compressed, to 8 cm long. Inflorescence slender, laxly many-flowered, usually as long as the leaves, curved; peduncle shorter than the rachis, angular. Floral bracts erect-patent, lanceolate or ovate, acute, shorter than the ovary. Flowers glabrous. Sepals elliptic or oblong, obtuse, 0.6 cm long. Lateral sepals oblique, slightly curved. Petals oblique, narrowly linear, obtuse, about as long as the sepals. Lip in outline linguiform, slightly curved, 1.1 cm long, bipartite to near the middle, the segments oblong-ligulate, at the apex laciniate; basal callus retuse, very small. Column glabrous, at the apex slightly incurved, 0.35 cm long, at the base laterally conspicuously dilated. Anther suborbicular, at the apex slightly retuse, glabrous. Ovary with pedicel subclavate, glabrous, 0.7 cm long. (After Schlechter, 1911)

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