Thecopus maingayi

Thecopus maingayi (Hook.f.) Seidenf., Opera Bot. 72: 101 (1983 publ. 1984): (1984).

Thecopus maingayi (Hook.f.) Seidenf., Photo by Anabela Farias

Thecopus maingayi (Hook.f.) Seidenf., Photo by Yosuke Oda

its native range is S. Indo-China to W. Malesia.

Latin Name: 

Thecopus maingayi (Hook.f.) Seidenf.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Thecostele maingayi Hook.f.

Thecostele quinquefida Hook.f.

Vietnamese  name:

Bào túc Maingay, Củ chén.

English Name:

Maingay's Thecopus (English Surgeon and Orchid Enthusiast Moluccas 1800's).

Description: 

With flattened pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, narrowly elliptic to oblong-elliptic leaves and blooms in the fall on a 12.5 cm long, 10 flowered inflorescence.

Distribution:

Borneo, Malaya, Thailand, Vietnam (Tây Nguyên).

Ecological:

In lowlands and lower montane forests at elevations of 600 to 700 m as a small sized, hot growing terrestrial or epiphyte on trees on steep granite slopes of stream valleys.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the fall.

Flower size:

2.5 cm.

Cultivation:

Typus:

Maingay, A.C. [3155], Malaysia K000891336 Unknown type material

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/914712-1

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:914712-1

http://www.orchidspecies.com/thecomaingayii.htm.

https://thuocdongduoc.vn/chi-thecopus-seidenf-1984