Thecopus secunda (Ridl.) Seidenf., Opera Bot. 72: 101 1983 publ. (1984)

Name meaning 'following or turned to one side'.

Synonyms
Thecostele secunda Ridl.

Description
A small sized, hot growing sympodial epiphyte with flattened pseudobulbs carrying linear, rather leathery, suddenly narrowing to a broad point leaves that blooms in the fall on a to 15 cm long, to 17 flowered inflorescence.

Ecology
Growing in podosol forests at elevations up to 500 meters.

Uses

Distribution
Borneo.

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