Liparis confusa

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Malaxideae
Genus: Liparis
Species: Liparis condylobulbon
Name

Liparis condylobulbon Rchb.f., Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 18: 34 (1862)
Synonymy

Homotypic
Leptorkis condylobulbon (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 671 (1891)
Cestichis condylobulbon (Rchb.f.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, Orchadian 15: 40 (2005)
Stichorkis condylobulbon (Rchb.f.) Marg., Szlach. & Kulak, Acta Soc. Bot. Poloniae 77: 37 (2008)
Heterotypic
Liparis nesophila Rchb.f., Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 56 (1878)
Gyrostachys nesophila (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 664 (1891)
Liparis confusa J.J.Sm., Orch. Java: 275 (1905)
Liparis confusa var. amboinensis J.J.Sm., Orch. Ambon: 35 (1905)
Cestichis vestita Ames, Orchidaceae 2: 139 (1908)
Cestichis clemensiae Ames, Philipp. J. Sci., C 4: 666 (1910).
Liparis savaiiensis H.Fleischm. & Rech., Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 85: 255 (1910)
Liparis persimilis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 206 (1911)
Liparis amboinensis (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, II, 13: 6 (1914), nom. illeg.
Liparis dolichopoda Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 27 (1914)
Liparis clemensiae (Ames) Ames, Orchidaceae 5: 79 (1915)
Liparis confusa var. latifolia J.J.Sm., Nova Guinea 12: 226 (1915)
Liparis treubii J.J.Sm. in E.D.Merrill, Interpr. Herb. Amboin.: 172 (1917)
Cestichis persimilis (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, Orchadian 15: 40 (2005)
Stichorkis persimilis (Schltr.) Marg., Szlach. & Kulak, Acta Soc. Bot. Poloniae 77: 39 (2008)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan.
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
Malesia
Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera.
Papuasia
Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
Australasia
Australia
Queensland.
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Santa Cruz Islands, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Islands.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Reichenbach, H.G. 1862. Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung 18: 34.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Liparis condylobulbon. Accessed: 2021 Jul 14.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Liparis condylobulbon in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 14. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Liparis condylobulbon in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 14. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Liparis condylobulbon. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 14. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Liparis condylobulbon. Published online. Accessed: 14 Jul 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Liparis condylobulbon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Jul 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Tapered sphinx orchid
中文: 長腳羊耳蒜

Liparis condylobulbon, commonly known as the tapered sphinx orchid[2] or 细茎羊耳蒜 (xi jing yang er suan)[3] is a plant in the orchid family. It is an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid with crowded, glossy green, cylinder-shaped pseudobulbs, each with two linear to lance-shaped leaves and between fifteen and thirty five pale green to cream-coloured flowers with an orange labellum. This orchid usually grows on trees and rocks in rainforest from Taiwan and Indochina to the south-west Pacific.

Description

Liparis condylobulbon is an epiphytic or lithophytic, clump-forming herb with crowded, glossy green, cylinder-shaped pseudobulbs 80–150 mm (3.1–5.9 in) long and 10–20 mm (0.4–0.8 in) wide. Each pseudobulb has two thin, linear to lance-shaped leaves 80–200 mm (3.1–7.9 in) and 15–22 mm (0.6–0.9 in) wide. Between fifteen and thirty five pale green to cream-coloured flowers, 3.5–4.5 mm (0.14–0.18 in) long and 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) wide are borne on a stiff flowering stem 70–150 mm (2.8–5.9 in) long. The sepals are 2.5–3 mm (0.098–0.12 in) long and about 1 mm (0.04 in) wide, the petals a similar length but narrower. The labellum is orange, about 3 mm (0.12 in) long and 2 mm (0.079 in) wide with a notched tip. Flowering occurs between December and August.[2][3][4][5]
Taxonomy and naming

Liparis condylobulbon was first formally described in 1862 by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach who published the description in Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung.[1][6][7]
Distribution and habitat

The tapered sphinx orchid grows on trees and rocks in rainforest. It is found in Taiwan, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo, Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, the Maluku Islands, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatra, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Queensland, Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Vanuatu, the Santa Cruz Islands and the Wallis and Futuna Islands. In Australia, it occurs on the Iron and McIlwraith Ranges.[1][2][5]
References

"Liparis condylobulbon". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Jones, David L. (2006). A complete guide to native orchids of Australia including the island territories. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: New Holland. p. 463. ISBN 1877069124.
"Liparis condylobulbon". Flora of China. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
D.L.Jones; T.Hopley; S.M.Duffy (2010). "Factsheet - Cestichis condylobulbon". Australian Tropical Rainforest Orchids. Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
"Liparis condylobulbon". Orchids of New Guinea. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
"Liparis condylobulbon". APNI. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav (1862). "Liparis condylobulbon". Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung. 18: 34. Retrieved 11 January 2019.