Liparis barbata - Fringed-Lip Liparis

Fringed-Lip Liparis is a terrestrial orchid with stem nearly round, 2-3 cm, thick, fleshy, with many nodes, enclosed by white membranous sheaths, not jointed. Flowers are greenish white, often with 2 red stripes on lip; flower-stalk and ovary 6-7 mm. lip oblong, about 5 x 3.5 mm, shortly fringed or toothed, with 2 calli near base, slightly widened toward tip, nearly flat and notched. Petals are narrowly linear, about 7 x 0.5 mm; Dorsal sepal broadly linear, about 7 x 1.3 mm, inconspicuously 3-veined, tip blunt; lateral sepals suboblong, about 6.5 x 1.8 mm, inconspicuously 3-veined, tip tapering. Column slightly arcuate, about 3.5 mm. Leaves are often 2; leaf-stalk sheathlike, about 3 cm, not articulate; blade almost elliptic, about 6.5 × 2.8 cm, membranous or herbaceous, base contracted into leaf-stalk, tip pointed or blunt. Inflorescence about 10 cm, usually not exceeding leaves; axis laxly several flowered; floral bracts broadly ovate-triangular, about 1 mm. Fringed-Lip Liparis is found in eastern Himalayas, South India, Sri Lanka and SE Asia. Flowering: July-August.