Luisia inconspicua

Luisia inconspicua (Hook.f.) King & Pantl., Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 8: 203 (1898) (syn: Cymbidium inconspicuum Wall. ex Hook.f. ; Gastrochilus inconspicuus (Hook.f.) Kuntze ; Luisia micrantha Hook.f.; Luisiopsis inconspicua (Hook.f.) C.S.Kumar & P.C.S.Kumar ; Saccolabium inconspicuum Hook.f. ); 
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Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Bangladesh: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO;
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Common name: Tiny Belly-Lip Orchid
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Gastrochilus sp. for ID – efloraofindia | Google Groups:
I am little bit confused about these two species. They look like Gastrochilus sp. But the colour and shape is little different with each other. They were recorded from two different localities. Please help me to identify them.

This WAS Gastrochilus inconspicuus (Hook.f.) Kuntze distributed from Himalaya to Bangladesh, but recently it was shifted to another genera, Luisiopsis inconspicua (Hook.f.) Sath.Kumar & P.C.S.Kumar, Rheedea 15: 48 (2005), by my grandboss Dr. Sathish Kumar at TBGRI.
I believe this shifting to Luisiopsis is correct and used this name in my PhD thesis too but Kew doesnt follow this.Gastro means swollen like a tummy :), chilus is the part of the labellum. Luisiopsis refers to “resembling Luisia” mainly in leaves which are cylindrical.

This is one of the most common Gastrochilus in India, widespread through out till the base of Himalaya, even within himalayan region along river valleys, it is very abundant.

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Images by Sh. Pankaj Kumar

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