Thrixspermum trichoglottis

Thrixspermum trichoglottis is a monopodial orchid in the subfamily Epidendroideae. It is widespread across the eastern Himalayas, Yunnan, Indochina, the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Malaysia and western Indonesia.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Thrixspermum trichoglottis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Thrixspermum
Species:	T. trichoglottis
Binomial name
Thrixspermum trichoglottis (Hook.f.) Kuntze
Synonyms[1]
Sarcochilus trichoglottis Hook.f. Dendrocolla trichoglottis (Hook.f.) Ridl. Dendrocolla alba Ridl. Thrixspermum album (Ridl.) Schltr.

Description

Flower

Morphologies that have been observed in Pasoh Forest Reserve, Malaysia:

• pseudobulb absent
• monopodial
• leaf equally bi-lobulate (young leaves somehow unequal)
• leaves 15 mm x 65 mm, thin and fleshy
• stem sheathed with internode, 1 cm
• stem mildly branched
• rooting throughout, rhizome heavily branched
• inflorescence 1-2 flowers, with a long bract about 10 cm long, scale like
• lateral sepal unevenly rhomboid, 4 x 7 mm
• dorsal sepal elliptic, 2 x 6 mm
• lip 7 x 6 mm with only one lobe
• pubescent at both face of the lobe, with fleshy acute tip
• yellow-orange spots on the outer surfaces near the lip tip
• column small, 3 x 4 mm
• color dimmer than petals and sepals
• pollinia white