About Liparis swenssonii F.M.Bailey
Liparis swenssonii F.M.Bailey is most often a lithophytic herb, and rarely grows as a terrestrial herb. It has more or less oval pseudobulbs that measure 20–40 mm (0.8–2 in) long and 15–30 mm (0.6–1 in) wide. This species produces one or two linear to lance-shaped leaves, which are 100–300 mm (4–10 in) long, 1–2.5 mm (0.04–0.1 in) wide and folded along their length. Between five and thirty or more greenish, unpleasantly scented flowers are borne on a flowering stem 100–250 mm (4–10 in) long. Individual flowers are 7–9 mm (0.3–0.4 in) long and 7–10 mm (0.3–0.4 in) wide. The sepals are 7–9 mm (0.3–0.4 in) long and about 2 mm (0.08 in) wide, while the petals are slightly shorter and narrower than the sepals. Both the sepals and petals spread widely apart from one another. The labellum is 6–8 mm (0.2–0.3 in) long and about 3 mm (0.1 in) wide, with two parallel orange or yellow ridges along its mid-line and a deep channel at its base. Flowering takes place between February and July. This plant grows on rocks, and sometimes in rocky soil, within rainforest or moist open forest in coastal ranges between the Clarence River in New South Wales and Gympie in Queensland.
