Trichotosia barbarossa (Rchb.f.) Kraenzl. 1911 Photo by © The Orchids & More Website
LATE TO EARLY
Common Name The Bearded Trichotosia
Flower Size .6” [1.5 cm]
Found in Malesia as a small sized epiphyte with a reddish pubescent stem carrying distichous, reddish pubescent margined, lanceolate leaves that blooms in the late summer and early fall on an axillary, short, 6 to 10 flowered inflorescence
CAUTION I have no way of verifying this determination so please use with caution!!
Synonyms *Eria barbarossa Rchb.f. 1860
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as Eria barbarosa; Die Orchideen lieferung 11/12 633 - 752 Brieger 1981 photo ok;
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