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Liparis lloydii is an orchid species identified by Rolfe in 1906. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Liparis epiphytica.
ORIGIN: Found in the Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire and Uganda in large forest trees at elevations of 1000 to 2500 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphytic orchid with clustered ovoid, partially enveloped below by a single, small sheath and carrying 1 to 2, apical, parallel sided, basally tapering, apically bilobed, with an abaxial keel that ends in an hooked apiculum leaves that blooms on a terminal erect, 2 to 4 [5 to 10 cm] long, 5 to 10 flowered inflorescence.
FLOWER SIZE: 0.4 inches [1 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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