Liparis resupinata Ridl.

Flower Size .8″ [2 cm]

Found in Assam India, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Southern India, western Himalayas, Sikkim, Bhutan, Thailand and South Yunnan Province China in sparse woods at elevations of 1300-2500 meters as a medium sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte with tufted, ovoid-cylindric, sheathed pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 4, alternate, membraneous, linear-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, sessile leaves that blooms in the fall through spring on an arcuate, slender, fractiflex, 3.2″ to 12″ [8 to 30 cm]long, laxly many flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Leptorkis resupinata (Ridl.) Kuntze 1891; Leptorkis ridleyi (Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891; Liparis ridleyi Hook.f. 1889;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 8 1978 drawing; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 NO 8 1978 as L ridleyi; The Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002

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