Liparis viridiflora (Blume) Lindl.

Liparis viridiflora Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 31 (1830).

Liparis viridiflora Lindl., Photos by Asopian

Liparis viridiflora Lindl., Photos by Kurt Keller

its native range is Indian Subcontinent to S. China and Papua New Guinea.

Synonyms:

Cestichis kempteriana (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones

Cestichis longipes (Lindl.) Ames

Cestichis pendula Pfitzer

Leptorkis longipes (Lindl.) Kuntze

Leptorkis stachyurus (Rchb.f.) Kuntze

Leptorkis triloba (Ridl.) Kuntze

Leptorkis viridiflora (Blume) Kuntze

Liparis boothii Regel

Liparis kempteriana Schltr.

Liparis longipes Lindl.

Liparis longipes var. spathulata (Lindl.) Ridl.

Liparis pendula Lindl.

Liparis piestopus Schltr.

Liparis pleistantha Schltr.

Liparis simondii Gagnep.

Liparis spathulata Lindl.

Liparis stachyurus Rchb.f.

Liparis triloba Ridl.

Liparis viridiflora var. spathulata (Lindl.) A.N.Rao

Malaxis viridiflora Blume

Stichorkis kempteriana (Schltr.) Marg., Szlach. & Kulak

Stichorkis pendula (Pfitzer) Pfitzer

Stichorkis viridiflora (Blume) Marg., Szlach. & Kulak

Sturmia longipes (Lindl.) Rchb.f.

Vietnamese name:

Nhẵn điệp hoa xanh, Tai dê nến .

English name:

Green-Flowered Liparis  - The Bottle Brush Orchid.

Chinese name:

长茎羊耳蒜 chang jing yang er suan

Description:

Growing epiphyte, terrestrial or lithophyte occuring in broadleaf, evergreen, lowland forests on highly eroded, stratified limestone cliffs and bluffs at 300 to 2500 meters, that has short and ovoid to long and cylindric pseudobulbs carrying 2, obovate-oblong or oblanceolate, obtuse, acute or acuminate leaves that blooms in the late fall to early winter on an erect, cylindric, to 10" [25 cm] long, slender, densely many flowered, racemose inflorescence with small, lanceolate, acuminate, scarious bracts and very small, crowded flowers.

Flower Size:

6 mm.

Flowering Period:  

September - December

Distribution:

Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya.

In Vietnam, it found in Lai Châu, Hà Giang, Tam Đảo, Vĩnh Phúc, Hà Nam Ninh, Thừa Thiên Huế, Tây Nguyên, Lâm Đồng, Đồng Na

Ecological:

On trees or rocks in forests or shaded places along valleys; 200-2300 m.

Culture:

Color:  green sepals and petals, lateral sepal white , lip pale yellow,

Water:  1 – 2 time daily

Light:  shade – bright light

Temperature:  20-35 °C

Uses: 

Purifies heat, detoxifies (the whole plant).

Type:

Oct 18, 2004 Henry, A. [12640], Yunnan K000364664 Unknown type material