Trichotosia dongfangensis X.H.Jin & L.P.Siu 2004
Photo by Jin Xiaohua TYPE Drawing by Jin Xiaohua & Gloria Laiping Siu and Ann. Bot. Fenn. 41: 465 2004 Trichoitosia dongfangensis [Orchidaceae] A New Species From China Xiaohua Jin & Gloria Laiping Siu Website
Common Name The Dongfang Trichotosia [refers to the Dongfang area of western Hainan Island China] - In CHina Dong Fang Mao Qiao lan
Flower Size .2" [5 mm]
Found in Hainan province of China in tropical, montane evergreen forests at elevations of 1350 to 1450 meters as a miniature sized cool growing epiphyte with a creeping, branching rhizome with .4" [1 cm] between each stem carrying 5 to 7 rather small, fleshy, oblong to lanceolate, acuminate, white hairy both sides leaves that blooms in the fall on an erect, lateral, peduncle .16" [4 mm] long, single flowered inflorescence carrying a yellowish green flowers with coarsely hairy exterior to the sepals.
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Ann. Bot. Fenn. 41: 465 2004 Trichoitosia dongfangensis [Orchidaceae] A New Species From China Xiaohua Jin & Gloria Laiping Siu drawing/photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 2 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;
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