Trichotosia vestita (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kraenzl., Pflanzenr. IV, 50(50): 151 (1911)
Name meaning 'dressed', reffering to the hairy outside of the flowers.Synonyms
Dendrobium vestitum Wall. ex Lindl.
Eria vestita (Wall. ex Lindl.) Lindl.
Pinalia vestita (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kuntze
Description
A giant sized, hot growing epiphyte with very long, pendulous stems carrying lanceolate, acute, rufous pubescent leaves that are 3 to 4 cm apart
and blooms in the fall on a densly long-pubescent, 20 to 30 cm long, fractiflex rachis, few to several flowered inflorescence with ovate, red
apically, green basally floral bracts and has flowers that do not open widely and are pubescent on the outside.
Ecology
Growing in lowland forests and foothills.
Uses
Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.
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