Trichoglottis cirrhifera Teijsm. & Binn. 1853

Plant and Inflorescence

Side View Of Flower Lip and Column Closeup Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl

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Common Name The Wavy Trichoglottis

Flower Size 3/8" [1.15 cm]

Found in Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and Java at elevations of 50 to 600 meters as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with an elongate slender stem carrying imbricating, basally clasping, acute, ovate leaves and blooms on a short, axillary, single flowered inflorescence holding the flower close to the stem with flowers occurring with 1 to 2 inflorescence at each and every leaf junction.

Synonyms Cleisostoma tenuicaule King & Pantl. 1897; Saccolabium cornigerum Ridl. 1896; Saccolabium pantlingii Ridl. 1907; Saccolabium peperomioides Kraenzl 1901; Trichoglottis tenuicaulis (King & Pantl.) J.J.Sm. 1912; Trichoglottis tetraceras Ridl. 1896

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing fide; Orchids of Java Comber 1990

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