Trichoglottis orchidea (J.König) Garay 1972
Lip and Column Closeup Photos by Jay Pfahl
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Common Name The Orchis-Like Trichoglottis
Flower Size 3/8" [1.15 cm]
Found in Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, the Nicobar Islands, the Andaman Islands, Malaysia and Java in primary and secondary broad-leaved evergreen forests preferably on rocky limestone at elevations of 50 to 1200 meters as a small sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte with an elongate slender stem carrying imbricating, basally clasping, acute, ovate leaves and blooms in the winter through summer on several short, axillary, single flowered inflorescence holding the flower close to the stem with 1 to 2 inflorescence at each and every leaf junction along the stem.
Synonyms Ceratochilus orchideus (J.König) Lindl. 1833; Cleisostoma tenuicaule King & Pantl. 1897; *Epidendrum orchideum J.König 1791; Limodorum orchideum (J.König) Willd. 1805; Saccolabium cornigerum Ridl. 1896; Saccolabium pantlingii Ridl. 1907; Saccolabium peperomioides Kraenzl 1901; Trichoglottis cirrhifera Teijsm. & Binn. 1853; Trichoglottis quadricornuta Kurz 1876; Trichoglottis tenuicaulis (King & Pantl.) J.J.Sm. 1912; Trichoglottis tetraceras Ridl. 1896
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905 as T cirrhifera; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905 as T cirrhifera; Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Smith 1908 as T cirrhifera drawing hmm; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 as T cirrhifera drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 21 1165 - 1328 Brieger 1988; Die Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 21 1165 - 1328 Brieger 1988 as T cirrhifera drawing fide; Opera Botanica #95 Seidenfaden 1988 as T cirrhifera drawing fide/photo not = T lanceolaria, See T lanceolaria photo fide; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 as T cirrhifera photo fide; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 as T cirrhifera drawing/photo fide A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 photo ok; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo good; The Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; The Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 as T quadricornuta; Turczaninowia 16(4):26-46 NEW AND RARE ORCHIDS (ORCHIDACEAE) IN THE FLORA OF CAMBODIA AND LAOS Averyanov 2013 ; Turczaninowia 19 (3): 5–58 L. V. Averyanov, Khang Sinh Nguyen etal 2016
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