Trichoglottis maculata J.J.Sm.

Trichoglottis maculata J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg ser. II, xxvi. 106 (1918).

Trichoglottis maculata
Trichoglottis maculata
Trichoglottis maculata
Trichoglottis maculata

Trichoglottis maculata (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Sm.; Photos Diep Dinh Quang

Vietnamese name: Lan Mao thiệt, Lưỡi tóc

Common Name: The Spotted Trichoglottis

Latin Name: Trichoglottis maculata (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Sm.

Family: Orchidaceae

Synonym Name: Trichoglottis lanceolaria var. maculata J.J.Sm.     

Description: epiphyte with thin, pendulous, basally freely branching, elongate stems carrying many, linear-lanceolate, leathery, rigid, acute leaves that blooms in the summer on a very short, 1 to 3, flowered, fractiflex inflorescence with broadly triangular, very short, obtuse floral bracts.

Flowering: Flowers blooming in summer.

Distribution: Found in penninsular Malaysia, Sabah Borneo, Java and Sumatra and Vietnam.

Ecological: in hill forests at elevations of 250 to 1300 meters as a large to giant sized, hot to cool

Note: Trichoglottis maculata and Trichoglottis lanceolaria are very close and differ most in the two acute tips to the side of the milobe.

Reference:

- theplantlist.org

- efloras.org

- orchidspecies.com

- ipni.org

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