Thrixspermum merapohense P.O'Byrne & P.T.Ong 2015 SECTION Dendrocolla
Plant and Flowers Photos by © Chew Siong Bong? and his Facebook Orchid Photo Website
Common Name The Merapo Thrixspermum
Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]
Found in penninsular Malaysia on limestone hills at elevations around 230 to 300 meters as a miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte with an erect to spreading, apex upturned, compressed, leafy stem carrying about 7, distichously spreading, strap-shaped, channeled, tapering towards the base, stiff, leathery, obtuse, unequally bilobed apically leaves that blooms in the summer and fall on a opposite the leaf, several at a time, spreading, peduncle to .76 to 1.8" [1.9 to 4.5 cm] long, gradually lengthening, gradually widening towards the apex, slightly compressed, cylindrical, green, 2 bracted at base and a third midway, rachis, cylindrical, .24 to 1" [.6 to 2.5 cm] long, olive-green to brown-green, 1.48 to 2.8" [3.7 to 7 cm] long overall successively single to 30 flowered inflorescence with crowded, facing in all directions, broadly triangular, thick, stiff, olive-green with brown specks floral bracts.
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 15 O'Byrne and Ong 2015 drawing/photo fide
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