Trichoglottis lowderiana

 Trichoglottis lowderiana Choltco, Malesian Orchid J. 4: 29 (-31; fig. 1-2) (2009).

Trichoglottis lowderiana Choltco, Photo by Rene Alfred Anton Bustamante

its native range is Borneo.

Latin Name: 

Trichoglottis lowderiana Choltco

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

No synonyms are recorded for this name.

English Name:

Lowder's Trichoglottis (American Nurseryman owner Dowery Orchids current).

Description: 

With usually branching stems carrying oblong-ligulate, obtusely unequally bilobed apically, basally clasping leaves that blooms at least in the fall on 1 to 3, short, single flowered inflorescence carrying sweetly lemon scented flowers.

Distribution:

Borneo.

Ecological:

In hill forests at elevations around 600 m as a giant sized, hot to warm, scandent, pendent growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms at least in the fall.

Flower size:

3.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Plant grows in moderate shade and cool to warm temperatures depending on the species. 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 Information:

Collector Team:

s.n. TC1007

Locality:

Borneo, locality unknown

Type Herbaria:

holotype MU

Distribution Of Types:

Borneo (Malesia, Asia-Tropical)

Sabah (Borneo, Malesia, Asia-Tropical)

Sarawak (Borneo, Malesia, Asia-Tropical)

Type Remarks:

Cultivated by D.Lowder in the Dowery Orchid Nursery, Virginia, USA

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/77103556-1

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77103556-1

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

https://orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Trichoglottis