Liparis viridiflora

Liparis viridiflora is a medium-sized orchid that can be found as an epiphyte, terrestrial, or lithophyte in Assam, Bangladesh, the eastern Himalayas, Nepal, southern India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, China, Borneo, Java, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatra, New Guinea, and Taiwan. This plant adapts to broadleaf, evergreen lowland forests and to highly eroded and layered limestone rocks at altitudes ranging from 300 to 2500 meters.

Liparis viridiflora is characterized by short and ovoid pseudobulbs to long and cylindrical ones, supporting two obovate-oblong or oblanceolate leaves, which can be blunt, sharp, or pointed. This orchid blooms more frequently from late autumn to early winter on an upright, cylindrical stem up to 25 cm long, thin, dense, and bearing many flowers. The inflorescence is racemose and is accompanied by small, lance-shaped, pointed, and membranous bracts, with very small and crowded flowers.

The flowers, with shades of green and yellow, are characteristic of this species, and its care outside the natural habitat requires special attention to humidity, temperature, and indirect light. It is a species valued by collectors and orchid growers for its diversity and adaptability to different growing environments.

Height including pot: approx. 20-30 cm