Trichotosia rubiginosa (Blume) Kraenzl. 1911

Plant and Flowers Photos by © JB Comber and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name The Rusty Red Trichotosia

Flower Size

Found in Kalimantan and Sabah Borneo in lower montane forests at elevations around 1700 meters as a warm to cool growing epiphyte or terrestrial that blooms in the fall Kew's Monocot List has this T ferox as a synonym but I have left them separate for now.

Synonyms *Eria rubiginosa Blume 1856; Pinalia rubiginosa (Blume) Kuntze 1891;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Beaman, Wood, Beaman & Beaman 1993; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011

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