Thrixspermum pauciflorum (Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891 SECTION Thrixspermum Drawing by © Seidenfaden and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the JanyRenz Herbaria Website

Common Name The Few Flowered Thrixspermum

Flower Size 1.28" [3.2 cm]

Found in penninsular Malaysia as a warm growing epiphyte with an elongate stem carrying well spaced, oblong, blunt, fleshy leaves that blooms on a 1" [2.5 cm] long, opposite the leaf, 2 to 3 flowered inflorescence carrying white flowers with a yellow lip.

Synonyms *Sarcochilus pauciflorus Hook.f. 1890

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing fide; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994; Wild Orchids of the Casmeron Highlands REACH 2009 photo hmm

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