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Liparis elegans

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Epiphyte, Bulb
Native range
Nicobar Is. to Hainan and W. Pacific
Climate
wet tropical

About

Liparis elegans is a species of orchids. It is found in South East Asia (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea).

Other Liparis plants

Twisted sphinx orchid · Liparis bautingensis · Yellow sphinx orchid · Fairy sphinx orchid · Tapered sphinx orchid · Liparis crenulata · Liparis deistelii · Liparis fissipetala · Slender sphinx orchid · Liparis goodyeroides · Liparis grossa · Common sphinx orchid

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Liparis elegans 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.

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