Liparis cordifolia Hook.f.

 Liparis cordifolia Hook.f., Hooker's Icon. Pl. ser. 3, 19: t. 1811 (1889).

Liparis cordifolia Hook.f., Photo by 蘇清記

its native range is Himalaya to Taiwan.

Latinh Name: 

Liparis cordifolia Hook.f.

Synonym:

Leptorkis commutata Kuntze

Leptorkis cordifolia (Hook.f.) Kuntze

Liparis argentopunctata Aver.

Liparis keitaoensis Hayata

Vietnamese name:

Nhẵn diệp hình tim, Tai dê lá tim 

English Name:

The Heart-Shaped Leaf Liparis.

Chinese name: 

心叶羊耳蒜 xin ye yang er suan

Description: 

Growing terrestrial or lithophyte with ovoid, comressed, clustered pseudobulbs carrying a single apical, broadly ovate, cordate, distinctly veined, acuminate leaf and blooms in the summer and fall on a subdensely 6 to 20 flowered, 6" [15 cm] long, racemose inflorescence with triangular, acute floral bracts.   

Distribution:

Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Nepal, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam (Lai Châu, Hà Sơn Bình, Lào Cai, Tam Đảo, Hà Nam Ninh), West Himalaya.

Ecological:

Humus-rich soil in forests, soil-covered crevices or forks of trees; 1000-2000 m. 

Flowering times:

Blooms in the summer.

Flower size:

1.8 cm.

Cultivation:

Type:

Collector Team:

J. D. Hooker, Hooker & T. Thomson 8

Locality:

Kashia

Type Herbaria:

lectotype K

Chosen By:

X.H.Jin Novon 20(3): 282. 2010 [13 Sep 2010]

Distribution Of Types:

India (Indian Subcontinent, Asia-Tropical)