Pteroceras compressum

Pteroceras compressum (Blume) Holttum 1960

Photos Tùy Phong Lương‎

Vietnamese name: Dực giác (PHH), Môi sừng (TH).

Chinese name:

Latin Name: Pteroceras compressum (Blume) Holttum 1960

Family: Orchidaceae

Synonym Name: Aerides compressa (Blume) Lindl.; Dendrocolla compressa Blume; Pteroceras sumatranum (Schltr.) Seidenf.; Sarcochilus compressus (Blume) Rchb.f.; Sarcochilus sumatranus Schltr.; Thrixspermum compressum (Blume) Rchb.f.         

Description:

Orchid, 6-8 leaves. Inflorescences 25 cm long, 5-10 cm flowers, size 1.6 cm, blooming 2-3 flowers at a time, flowers bloom in Autumn.

Distribution: Found in Thailand, Java, Malaysia and Sumatra. In Viet Nam:

Alex and Karel Petrzelka found at Trị An, Đồng Nai.

Ecological: elevations of sealevel to 1500 meters as a small sized, hot to cool growing epiphtye with erect becoming pendant with age

Reference:

W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1857 as Dendroclla compressum; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1865 as Thrixspermum compressum; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905 as Sarcochilus compressus; Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Smith 1908