Thrixspermum trichoglottis

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Thrixspermum trichoglottis

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Suborder: Orchidineae
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Aeridinae
Genus: Thrixspermum
Species: T. trichoglottis
Binomial name
Thrixspermum trichoglottis

Thrixspermum trichoglottis is a monopodial orchid in the subfamily Epidendroideae.

[edit] Description

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Morphologies that have been observed in Pasoh Forest Reserve, Malaysia:

  • pseudobulb absent
  • monopodial
  • leaf equally bilobulate (young leaves somehow unequal)
  • leaves 15mm by 65mm, thin and fleshy
  • stem sheathed with internode 1 cm
  • stem mildly branched
  • rooting throughout, rhizome heavily branched
  • Inflorescene 1-2 flowers, with a long bract about 10 cm long, scale like
  • lateral sepal unevenly romboid, 4 by 7mm
  • dorsal sepal elliptic, 2 by 6mm
  • lip 7 by 6mm with only one lobe
  • purbesent at both face of the lobe, with fleshy acute tip
  • yellow-orange spots on the outer surfaces near the lip tip
  • column small, 3 by 4mm
  • color dimmer than petals and sepals
  • pollinia white.

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