Thrixspermum pulchellum (Thwaites) Schltr. 1911

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LATER EARlY

Common Name The Beautiful Thrixspermum

Flower Size

Found in southern India and Sri Lanka as an epiphyte that blooms in the later summer and early fall

CAUTION I have no way of verifying this determination so use with caution

Synonyms *Cylindrochilus pulchellus Thwaites 1861; Dendrocolla pulchella (Thwaites) Thwaites 1864; Sarcochilus pulchellus (Thwaites) Trimen 1885

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007

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