Trichoglottis vandiflora J.J.Sm. 1909

Side view of lip

view of column

Photos by © Karl Senghas and TheSwiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

deep shade Cool Summer

Common Name The Vanda-Like Flowered Trichoglottis

Flower Size

Found in Borneo in hill forests at elevations around 1300 to 1600 meters as a cool, pendent growing epiphyte that blooms in the summer on an axillary, opposite the leaves, short, single flowered inflorescence

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Beaman, Wood, Beaman & Beaman 1993; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchids of Sarawak Beaman, Wood & Beaman etal 2001; The Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 1 2008 photo good;

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