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Liparis bowkeri

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Isotype of Liparis neglecta Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Isotype of Liparis neglecta Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Liparis bowkeri Harv.
Filed as Liparis bowkeri Harv. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Liparis bowkeri Harv. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Isotype of Liparis neglecta Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Liparis bowkeri
Filed as Liparis bowkeri Harv. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Liparis bowkeri Harv. original illustration from Flora Zambesiaca
Liparis bowkeri Harv.
Filed as Liparis bowkeri Harv. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Filed as Liparis bowkeri Harv. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Filed as Liparis bowkeri Harv. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Liparis bowkeri Harv. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Liparis bowkeri Harv.
Liparis bowkeri Harv.
Filed as Liparis bowkeri Harv. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
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Identification
Liparis bowkeri Harv. [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Liparis bowkeri

Flora

Entry for LIPARIS Bowkeri Harv. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, Part 3, page 3, (1913) Author: (By R. A. ROLFE.)
Names
LIPARIS Bowkeri Harv. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Thes. Cap. ii. 6, t. 109;—Ridl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 270; Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 181, and Ic. Orch. Austr.-Afr. i. t. 2; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 8; Rolfe in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vii. 21.
Information
pseudobulbs ovoid or oblong, 1–1 1/4 in. long, 3–4-leaved; leaves elliptic-oblong or ovate, acute, loosely sheathing at the base, limb 1 1/4–4 1/2 in. long, 3/4–2 1/2 in. broad, undulate, membranous, with 5 to 7 prominent nerves; scapes 2 1/2–8 in. high; racemes lax, about 4–12-flowered; bracts acuminate from a broad amplexicaul base, 1/6– 1/2 in. long; pedicels 1/3– 1/2 in. long; dorsal sepal narrowly linear-oblong, obtuse, 1/3– 1/2 in. long, with revolute margins; lateral sepals falcate-oblong, obtuse, twisted, 1/3 in. long; petals linear, obtuse, 1/3– 1/2 in. long, with revolute margins; lip subsessile or shortly clawed; limb recurved, ovate-orbicular, obtuse, concave, 1/3 in. long, with a pair of erect calli near the base; column arcuate, 1/5 in. long. null
Range
Also in Tropical Africa.
Distribution
COAST REGION Albany Div.; in mountain woods, Grahamstown, MacOwan, 1022! Atherstone! Mountains of Kaffraria, Mrs. Barber!EASTERN REGION Transkei; in crevices of rocks, in shade at Fort Bowker, Bowker, 454! Kreilis Country, Bowker! Natal, Wood, 5585! Zululand; Ingoma, on decayed trees, Gerrard, 1556!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Mrs. Saunders!

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