Trichoglottis latisepala

 Trichoglottis latisepala Ames, Philipp. J. Sci., C 4: 675 (1911).

Trichoglottis latisepala Ames, Photo by 蘇清記

its native range is Philippines.

Latin Name: 

Trichoglottis latisepala Ames

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Trichoglottis latisepala var. tricarinata T.Hashim.

English Name:

The Broad Sepal Trichoglottis.

Description: 

With a pendulous, elongate stem enveloped by imbricate leaf sheaths and carrying leathery, distinctly purple in bright light leaves that blooms in the fall, winter and spring on a short, 2 to 6 flowered infloresence arising opposite the leaves and holding the flowers close to the stem.

Distribution:

Philippines.

Ecological:

Found in the Philippines coastal forests at elevations up to 1000 m as a giant sized, hot to warm growing, monopodial epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the fall, winter and spring.

Flower size:

10.0 mm.

Cultivation:

Temperature: 

Warm to intermediate.

Light: 

Filtered diffuse light, no direct sun.

Water-Humidity: 

Maintain even moisture and high humidity. Constant air movement is also important.

Fertilizer: 

Half-strength balanced fertilizer during the growing cycle, once a week. Once every two weeks in the cooler months.

Potting: 

Medium grade bark or aggregate mix in a terra cotta or plastic pot for the upright growers. The pendulous growing species should be grown on mounts of cork of tree fern fiber.

Type Information:

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/660530-1

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:660530-1

http://www.orchidspecies.com/trichlatisepala.htm. 

https://www.aos.org/orchids/orchids-a-to-z/letter-t/trichoglottis.aspx