Liparis nervosa ("Kokuran")

Japanese name: コクラン （黒蘭）
Scientific name: Liparis nervosa

[Overview]
A perennial 15–30 cm tall, found in evergreen forests.
It has fleshy, cylindrical pseudobulbs.
It bears 2–5 simple leaves alternately.
The leaves are distorted broad ellipses, 5–12 cm long and 2.5–5 cm wide, with a pointed tip.
A raceme bears 5–10 dark purple flowers sparsely.
The sepals are narrowly oblong, and the lateral petals are oblanceolate-linear.
The lip is obovate and recurved, with a shallow groove in the center and a notched tip.
At the base of the lip there are 2 needle-like, sharp-pointed projections.

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