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Orchid Species: Thrixspermum calceolus
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Thrixspermum calceolus is an orchid species identified by (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in 1868.
ORIGIN: Found from Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and Vietnam on open rocks and bluffs in lower evergreen and semideciduous montane forests at elevations of 50 to 2000 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Medium sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte or lithophyte with a creeping and climbing, rooting all along the length stem carrying oblong, unequally bilobed apically, the lobes obtuse, sessile leaves that blooms in the summer arising all along the stem and opposite the leaves, often with 2 to 3 per node, one to two flowered inflorescence with triangular floral bracts and carries fragrant flowers.
FLOWER SIZE: 1 1/2 inches [3.75 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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