Trichoglottis rosea (Lindl.) Ames

 Trichoglottis rosea Amer, in Merrill, Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. i. 440 (1925).

Trichoglottis rosea Amer, Photos by José Santos da Costa

its native range is S. Taiwan to Philippines, NE. Borneo (offshore Islands).

Latinh Name: 

Trichoglottis rosea Amer

Synonym:

Cleisostoma breviracemum Hayata

Cleisostoma oblongisepalum Hayata

Cleisostoma roseum Lindl.

Pomatocalpa breviracemum (Hayata) Hayata

Pomatocalpa oblongisepalum (Hayata) Hayata

Pomatocalpa roseum (Lindl.) J.J.Sm.

Trichoglottis breviracema (Hayata) Schltr.

Trichoglottis oblongisepala (Hayata) Schltr.

Trichoglottis rosea var. breviracema (Hayata) T.S.Liu & H.J.Su

English Name:

The Pink Trichoglottis

Chinese name:

短穗毛舌兰 duan sui mao she lan

Description: 

It is a small to medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphytic species with a pendant, slender, fractiflex, branching stem with 2 ranked, oblong-lanceolate, leathery leaves that blooms on an axillary, sessile, 2 flowered inflorescence with the long-lived, waxy flowers held on the stem occuring in the spring.

Distribution:

Borneo, Philippines, Taiwan.

Ecological:

Epiphytic on tree trunks in forests at low elevations.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

7 mm.

Cultivation:

Plant grows in moderate shade and warm temperatures. Pot plants in medium fir bark or sphagnum moss. Plants can also be mounted. Water when the potting media is just approaching dryness, but still a bit moist and never allow the potting media to become bone dry.

Type:

Apr 1, 2002 Copeland, E.B. [199], Philippines K000364397 Unknown type material