Thrixspermum trichoglottis

Thrixspermum trichoglottis is a monopodial orchid in the subfamily Epidendroideae.

Description

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.

References

• Seidenfaden, G. and Wood, J.J. (1992). The Orchids of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. ISBN 87-85215-24-4