Prev Taxon: Genus Liparis section Hologlossum
Current Genus: Genus Liparis section Platychilus
Next Taxon: Genus Liparis section Platyglossum
Liparis misoolensis
Liparis misoolensis Ormerod, Orchadian 16 (2011) 520, fig.
Type: D.R. Pleyte 994 (holo L).
Synonyms:
Epiphytic herb. Rhizome short, producing many roots. Pseudobulbs obliquely conical, erect, unifoliate, 1.5-2.8 by to 0.6 cm; sheaths thinly papery, to 4.2 cm long. Leaves articulate; base subpetiolate for c. 2 cm; blade ligulate-oblanceolate, 12.0-20.7 by 2.4-2.8 cm; apex acute to subacuminate; below with 3 prominent nerves. Inflorescence terminal, 14.1 cm long (apex missing); peduncle narrowly winged, c. 8.2 cm long; sheath at base 2.6 cm long; rachis laxly 4- or more flowered, more than 5.9 cm long; floral bracts lanceolate, c. 0.11 cm long, with acute apex. Pedicel and ovary slender, 1.5-1.7 cm long. Median sepal linear-ligulate, 1.2 by 0.25 cm; apex obtuse; 3-nerved. Lateral sepals obliquely ligulate-lanceolate, c. 1 by 0.3 cm; apex acute; 3-nerved. Petals linear, c. 1-1.2 by 0.05 cm. Lip elliptic-suborbicular, 1.1 by 0.975 cm; upper half with irregular margin; apex rounded; callus basal, subquadrate with a broader bilobed-emarginate apex. Column curved, semi-terete, 4 mm long, thickened in basal half.
(after Ormerod 2011)
Flowers orange.
Lowland forest. Altitude 80 m.
Maleais (New Guinea), endemic.
Indonesia (Papua Barat, Misool Island)
Warm growing epiphyte.
September.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Malaxideae
- Genus Liparis
- Section Platychilus
- Species Liparis misoolensis
Liparis misoolensis differs from the similar L. flabellata J.J. Sm. in the broader leaves (2.4-2.8 versus 1.25-1.35 cm), an elliptic-suborbicular lip (versus obovate) and a shorter column (0.4 versus 0.65 cm).
Liparis ovalis Schltr differs from L. misoolensis in its terrestrial habit (versus epiphytic), in having 3 to 5 bract-like sheaths on the peduncle (vs. one large sheath), a more distinctly winged rachis, a more narrowly elliptic lip (0.7 versus 0.975 cm wide) and a straighter, basally more slender column.
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Liparis misoolensis
Liparis misoolensis Ormerod. Drawing by Paul Ormerod in Orchadian 16 (2011) 520, fig., based on the type: D.R. Pleyte 994