Thrixspermum lampongense J.J.Sm. 1917 SECTION Thrixspermum Drawing by © J J Smith and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name The Lampong Thrixspermum

Flower Size

Found in southern Sumatra at lower elevations as a hot to warm, pendulous growing epiphyte with a pendulous, flattened stem carrying strap-shaped, green with reddish markings, recurved apically, equally apically bilobed leaves that blooms on a green spotted with purple, peduncle elliptic in cross-section, 1.4 to 2.4" [3.5 to 6 cm] long, rachis thickened, 2.6 to 3" [6.2 to 7.5 cm] long, successively single, many flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Sumatra J B Comber 2002;

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