Trichotosia pulvinata (Lindl.) Kraenzl. 1911
Photo by © J.R.Haager and the The Teplice Botanical Garden in Czech
Photo by Karel Petrzelka and the Vietnam Orchid Website
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Common Name The Cushion-Shaped Trichotosia [refers to the callus of the lip] - In China Gao Jing Mao Qiao Lan
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in Assam, eastern Himalayas, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Yunnan province of China and Vietnam in tropical valleys at elevations of 300 to 1200 meters as a miniature to medium sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte with a pendent, cylindric, hispid stem carrying many, narrowly lanceolate, acute to acuminate, sessile, reddish pubescent, jointed leaves that blooms in the spring on a short, arising opposite the leaves, hispid, 3 to 6 flowered inflorescence with a basal, ovate sheath and cordate, concave, hispid floral bracts
Synonyms Eria annulata Lindl. 1858; Eria cristata Ridl.1903; Eria helleri A.D.Hawkes 1957; *Eria pulvinata Lindl. 1858; Eria rufinula Rchb.f. 1863; Pinalia pulvinata (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Pinalia rufinula (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, 1891; Trias pulvinata (Lindl.) Mason 1860; Trichotosia cristata Kraenzl. 1911; Trichotosia rufinula (Rchb.f.) Kraenzl. 1911
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 as Eria rufinula drawing fide; Flora of the Malayan Penninsula Ridley 1908 as Eria cristata; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1960 as Eria rufinula; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1960 as Eria helleri; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1965 corrections as Eria rufinula drawing good; Contribution to a Revision of the Orchid Flora of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Seidenfaden 1975 as E rufinula; Indian Orchids: A Guide to Identification Vol 2 Pradhan 1979 as Eria rufinula drawing ok; Opera Botanica #62 Orchid Genera in Thailand X Seidenfaden 1982 drawing good/photo ok; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Wood & Seidenfaden 1992 drawing/photo fide; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo ok; The Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing hmm; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide; 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 ; A Century of New Orchid Records in Bhutan Royal Government of Bhutan 2017 Drawing/photo fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 2 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;
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