Thrixspermum trichoglottis
# Thrixspermum trichoglottis

Thrixspermum trichoglottis is a monopodial orchid in the subfamily Epidendroideae. It is widespread across the eastern Himalayas, Yunnan, Indochina, the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Malaysia and western Indonesia.

## Description

Morphologies that have been observed in Pasoh Forest Reserve, Malaysia:

* pseudobulb absent
* monopodial
* leaf equally bi-lobulate (young leaves somehow unequal)
* leaves 15 mm x 65 mm, thin and fleshy
* stem sheathed with internode, 1 cm
* stem mildly branched
* rooting throughout, rhizome heavily branched
* inflorescence 1-2 flowers, with a long bract about 10 cm long, scale like
* lateral sepal unevenly rhomboid, 4 x 7 mm
* dorsal sepal elliptic, 2 x 6 mm
* lip 7 x 6 mm with only one lobe
* pubescent at both face of the lobe, with fleshy acute tip
* yellow-orange spots on the outer surfaces near the lip tip
* column small, 3 x 4 mm
* color dimmer than petals and sepals
* pollinia white
