Staurochilus gibbosicalcar Seidenf. 1988

Flower Closeup Photo courtesy of Timothy Cholcto

Common Name The Humped Spur Staurochilus

Flower Size .8" [2 cm]

Found in Thailand in seasonally dry forests at elevations of 50 to 400 meters as a medium sized, hot growing monopodial epiphyte with an erect stem carrying 2 ranked, strap-shaped leaves that blooms in the spring on an axillary, 3 branched, 12 to 20" [30 to 50 cm] long, successively few, to 30 flowered inflorescence flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Trichoglottis gibbosicalcar ( Seid. ) Senghas 1988; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide

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