Global InformationLiparis petricola information
| Mountain sprite orchid | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Liparis |
| Species: | L. petricola
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| Binomial name | |
| Liparis petricola (D.L.Jones & B.Gray) Bostock[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Liparis petricola, commonly known as the mountain sprite orchid,[2] is a plant in the orchid family and is endemic to Queensland. It is a terrestrial orchid with two or three egg-shaped leaves and between three and fifteen deep reddish purple flowers with a green column. It grows in rainforest in tropical far North Queensland.
- ^ a b "Liparis petricola". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Jones, David L. (2006). A complete guide to native orchids of Australia including the island territories. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: New Holland. p. 357. ISBN 1877069124.