Trichglottis

[lanhua]

A Trichoglottis rose is right now flowering in my green house. I like very much this kind of orchids, I hope you toooo.

Regards

Lanhua

[Brutal_Dreamer]

Oh, that is very pretty. Love the vibrant color in the center of the white bloom! Very pretty, Lanhua.

Cheers,
BD

[blrnut]

very beautiful!

[jimec]

Hi Lanhua,

Your plant is Trichoglottis rosea var. breviracema, which was originally described from specimens collected in Taiwan. It also occurs in the Philippines.

The "true" T. rosea has cream coloured flowers which are blotched with brownish markings. This species is confused with T. bataanensis a very similar species.

All the best,

Jim Cootes
Author
The Orchids of the Philippines
Times Editions, Singapore, 2001

[lanhua]

Hi Jim,
what about Kew list. According to Kew Garden there is just Trichoglottis rosea, var. breviracema is an not valid name. I've also a problem to understand this point of view, because the flowers are really very different. Who has right?

Regards

Lanhua

[walingwaling]

pretty trichoglottis!!!

thanks jim for additional info.

[delphiguy]

lovely trich, i will be on a hunt for this one.

[ang709]

I love the flowers. So cute!

[jimec]

Kew is not the be all, and end all, as far as taxonomy is concerned. What Kew is doing is giving their opinion. We can accept what they say, or we can reject their findings. The final decision is ours.

As far as taxonomy is concerned, no one is right, and no one is wrong. It boils down to ours, or someone elses opinion.

And as a wise old man said to me once "Opinions are like armpits, we all have them, and they are all different."

Jim Cootes
Author
The Orchids of the Philippines
Times Editions, Singapore, 2001

[cxcanh]

Sometime the name of one orchid species can make ous headache. So enjoin flower, it is very nice species however. Thank for sharing.
@Jim: Thank you for your information.