Thrixspermum trichoglottis

Taxobox

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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
subordo = Orchidineae
familia = Orchidaceae
subfamilia = Epidendroideae
tribus = Vandeae
subtribus = Aeridinae
genus = "Thrixspermum"
species = "T. trichoglottis"
binomial = "Thrixspermum trichoglottis"

"Thrixspermum trichoglottis" is a monopodial orchid in the subfamily Epidendroideae.

Description

Morphologies that have been observed in Pasoh Forest Reserve, Malaysia:
*pseudobulb absent
*monopodial
*leaf equally bilobulate (young leaves somehow unequal)
*leaves 15mm by 65mm, thin and fleshy
*stem sheathed with internode 1 cm
*stem mildly branched
*rooting throughout, rhizome heavily branched
*Inflorescene 1-2 flowers, with a long bract about 10 cm long, scale like
*lateral sepal unevenly romboid, 4 by 7mm
*dorsal sepal elliptic, 2 by 6mm
*lip 7 by 6mm with only one lobe
*purbesent at both face of the lobe, with fleshy acute tip
*yellow-orange spots on the outer surfaces near the lip tip
*column small, 3 by 4mm
*color dimmer than petals and sepals
*pollinia white.

References

*Seidenfaden, G. and Wood, J.J. (1992). "The Orchids of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore". ISBN 87-85215-24-4