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Liparis angustilabris
Liparis angustilabris, commonly known as twisted sphinx orchid, is a plant in the orchid family and is endemic to northern Queensland. It is an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid with tapered pseudobulbs, each with a single linear leaf and up to thirty five pale green to yellowish flowers that have twisted sepals and petals. This orchid grows on trees and rocks in tropical North Queensland.
Liparis angustilabris grows on trees and rocks in rainforest, especially above 800 m (3,000 ft) rainforest between the Cedar Bay and Paluma Range National Parks.
Liparis bautingensis · Yellow sphinx orchid · Fairy sphinx orchid · Tapered sphinx orchid · Liparis crenulata · Liparis deistelii · Liparis elegans · Liparis fissipetala · Slender sphinx orchid · Liparis goodyeroides · Liparis grossa · Common sphinx orchid
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Liparis angustilabris by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
