Thecopus secunda (Ridl.)Seidenf. 1984

Photo by © Eric Hunt

Plant and Flowers

Photo by Nik Fahmi and his Vortex Orchid Page

Deep shade Hot Fall

Common Name Refers to the flowers being all on one side of the inflorescence

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in Malaya and Borneo in podosol forests at elevations of 400 to 500 meters as a small sized, hot growing sympodial epiphyte with flattened pseudobulbs carrying linear, rather leathery, suddenly narrowing to a broad point leaves that blooms in the fall on a to 6" [15 cm] long, to 17 flowered inflorescence.

Seems that the main differnce between this one and T maingayii is that this one has hooks on the back side of the sepals and petals

Synonyms *Thecostele secunda Ridl. 1895

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Holttum 1957 as Thecostele secunda; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; *Opera Botanica #72 Orchid Genera in Thailand XI Cymbidiaeae Seidenfaden 1983 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 24 1457 - 1520 Brieger 1991; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing fide; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchids of Sarawak Beaman, Wood & Beaman etal 2001; photo ? not; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 1 O'Byrne 2001 photo fide; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 3 2009 photo fide; Wild Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 photo fide; Taiwania 61(4):319-354 November 2016, New Species of Orchids (Orchidaceae) in the Flora of Vietnam Averyanov, Nong, Nguyen and Truong 2016 Drawing/photo fide;

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