Liparis caespitosa
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Ndundu Lodge, Vumba.
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| Synonyms: |
Cestichis caespitosa (Thouars) Ames Epidendrum caespitosum Lam. Leptorchis caespitosa (Thouars) O. Kuntze Malaxis caespitosa Thouars |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small epiphytic herb with ovoid pseudobulbs 13–25 mm long, smooth and green when young, later yellowish and wrinkled; 1-leafed at apex. Pseudobulbs set close together on the rhizome to form dense mats. Leaf stiff, usually light green, erect, oblanceolate, 6–10 cm long. Inflorescence terminal, c. 10 cm long, densely 20–40-flowered. Flowers non-resupinate, greenish-yellow to creamy-yellow, very small. Ovary and pedicel 5 mm long. Bracts acuminate, 3 mm long. Sepals ovate, acute, reflexed; dorsal sepal 2.5 mm long. Lip oblong 2.5 mm long, more or less 4-lobed, with 2 small calli at the base. |
| Type location: |
Reunion |
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| Habitat: | Epiphyte in evergreen forest. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1280 - 1900 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Madagascar, Reunion and in Asia from, Sri Lanka and India to the Philippines, New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Fiji. |
| FZ divisions: | Z |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 22 August 2022 |
| Literature: |
La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995). Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1) Page 278. La Croix, I. et al. (1983). Malawi Orchids Volume 1 Epiphytic Orchids National Fauna Preservation Society of Malawi Pages 81 - 82. (Includes a picture). La Croix, I. et al. (1991). Orchids of Malawi A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam Page 176. (Includes a picture). Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 71. |
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