Trichotosia rubiginosa (Blume) Kraenzl. 1911
Photos by © JB Comber and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name The Rusty Red Trichotosia
Flower Size
Found in Kalimantan and Sabah Borneo in lower montane forests at elevations around 100 to 1700 meters as a hot to cool growing epiphyte or terrestrial that blooms in the fall
Synonyms *Eria rubiginosa Blume 1856; Pinalia rubiginosa (Blume) Kuntze 1891; Trichotosia ferox Korth. ex Blume 1856
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 6 Ames 1920 as Eria rubignosa; The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Beaman, Wood, Beaman & Beaman 1993; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994 as T ferox; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchids of Sarawak Beaman etal & Wood 2001; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011
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