Ascochilus siamensis Ridl. 1896 Photo by © Peter O'Byrne and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name The Thai Ascochilus

Flower Size .2" [5mm]

Found in Thailand, Malaysia, Java, Sumatra and the Philippines on twigs on trees in primary forests at elevations of 150 to 600 meters near streams and rivers as a miniature sized, hot to warm growing epiphtye with a short stem carrying 5 to 6, close set, fleshy, oblong leaves that blooms in the spring on to 3, more or less erect, minutely prickly, becoming thickened towards the apex, to 1.4" [3.5 cm] long, successively few flowered inflorescence carrying short lived flowers

Synonyms Pteroceras siamense (Ridl.) Holttum 1960; Sarcochilus mcgregorii (Ames) Ames 1915; Sarcochilus siamensis (Ridl.) Carr 1929; Thrixspermum mcgregorii Ames 1907

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1963; Botanisk Tidsskrift Bild 70 Hft 1 Contributions to the flora of Thailand VI Seidenfaden 1975 drawing ok; Orchidiana Philippiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Opera Botanica #95 Seidenfaden 1988 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 19/20 1129 - 1264 Brieger 1988 drawing fide; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing fide; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001 photo ok; Wild Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 photo fide; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide

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