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Liparis simmondsii, commonly known as coastal sprite orchid, is a plant in the orchid family and is endemic to Queensland. It is a terrestrial orchid with two or three egg-shaped leaves and between three and fifteen deep reddish purple flowers with a green column. It grows in near-coastal rainforest.
Coastal sprite orchid grows in coastal rainforest between Fraser Island and Maroochydore. There is a doubtful record from the upper Brunswick River in northern New South Wales.
Twisted sphinx orchid · 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
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Liparis simmondsii 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.
