Thrixspermum trichoglottis Kuntze

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Thrixspermum

Characteristics

Stems ascending, 3-7 cm, 3-4 mm in diam., with several nodes, many leaved, internodes 5-6 mm. Leaves 3-5.5 × 0.5-1 cm, leathery, obtuse and slightly unequally bilobed. Inflorescences 2 or 3, borne on lower part of stem, suberect, usually 3-4 cm, densely several flowered; peduncle ca. 1 mm in diam.; rachis 3-5 mm, slightly thickened; floral bracts persistent, densely arranged, ovate-lanceolate, 3-4 mm, acuminate. Flowers yellowish white, opening successively, not opening widely, short-lived; pedicel and ovary ca. 5 mm. Dorsal sepal elliptic, ca. 4 × 2.5 mm, obtuse; lateral sepals obliquely ovate, ca. 4 × 2.5 mm, obtuse. Petals elliptic, ca. 3.5 × 2 mm; lip 3-lobed, base with shallow sac, adaxially densely minutely papillate; lateral lobes erect, suborbicular, ca. 3 × 2 mm, apical margin with long clavate cilia; mid-lobe ca. 1 mm, thickened, ± conic-cucullate; disk with a clavate-linear callus extending from base to middle. Column ca. 2 mm, foot ca. 1 mm; anther cap subglobose, rounded. Fl. Mar.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Thrixspermum trichoglottis world distribution map, present in Andorra, Bangladesh, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:660335-1
WFO ID wfo-0000323474
COL ID 56MYR
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Synonyms

Sarcochilus trichoglottis Thrixspermum trichoglottis Thrixspermum album Dendrocolla trichoglottis Dendrocolla alba Thrixspermum album