Trichotosia dasyphylla (Parish & Rchb. f.) Kraenzl. 1911
Plant Photos courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders
Plant and Flower in situ Thailand Photos courtesy of David Kuehn
Another Flower Photos courtesy of Patricia Harding
Photos courtesy of © Dr. E.F. de Vogel, Jaap Vermeulen, and André Schuiteman and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website Common Name The Hairy-Leafed Trichotosia - In China Gua Zi Mao Qiao Lan
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in the eastern Himalayas, Assam India, Nepal, Sikkim, Myanamar, Thailand, Laos, southern China and Vietnam in broadleaf, evergreen, lowland forests at elevations of 50 to 1800 meters as a dwarf, hot to warm growing epiphyte with an elongated creeping, fleshy rhizome carrying a pseudobulb with 2 to 6 apical, suborbicular, or elliptic, to obovate-elliptic, obtuse, bluish green, very hairy leaves that blooms on a terminal, short, terete, pilose, single flowered inflorescence with ovate, acute bracts with hairy flowers externally occuring in the spring. Mounted on tree fern, cork or hard coconut husk suits this miniature species as well as high humidity, good air circulation and constant year round water.
Synonyms *Eria dasyphylla Parish & Rchb. f. 1874; Eria evrardii Gagnep. 1930; Pinalia dasyphylla (Parish & Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 as Eria dasyphylla drawing fide; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide as Eria dasyphylla; Lindleyana Vol 15 No 4 2000; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 2 Tanaka 2004 as Eria dasyphylla and in error, shows purple lipped white flower?; The Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 drawing ok; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 as Eria dasyphylla photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide;
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