Orchidaceae
Tropical widelip orchid
Liparis vexillifera
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Liparis
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Common names
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- English
- Tropical widelip orchid
Synonyms
- Cymbidium vexilliferum Lex.
- Leptorchis campestris (Barb.Rodr.) Kuntze
- Leptorchis elliptica (Rchb.f.) Kuntze
- Leptorchis vexillifera (La Llave & Lex.) Kuntze
- Leptorchis vexillifera var. latifolia (Cogn.) Kuntze
- Leptorkis vexillifera Kuntze
- Leptorkis vexillifera (Lex.) Kuntze
- Liparis galeottiana (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Hemsl.
- Liparis vexillifera subsp. vexillifera
- Liparis vexillifera var. galeottiana (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Ames & Correll
- Liparis vexillifera var. latifolia Cogn.
- Malaxis galeottiana A.Rich. & Galeotti
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Ángela Patricia Rojas Cortes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ángela Patricia Rojas Cortes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.