Can anyone identify this orchid in Borneo Island? *MINI* - Orchid Board

ycwee · #1 (**permalink**) 03-30-2006, 10:43 PM

weng · #2 (**permalink**) 04-02-2006, 05:31 PM

Hi Yin Chuun,
Well done for rescueing the orchid. It looks likely to be a Thrixspermum. Would appreciate a good close-up with measurements and description, when the flowers open. Your other orchid is probably a Coelogyne.
Weng

ycwee · #3 (**permalink**) 04-02-2006, 11:50 PM

Sure, the flower is blooming, I will take and update the picture sioon. Thanks

ycwee · #4 (**permalink**) 04-03-2006, 06:47 AM

ycwee · #5 (**permalink**) 04-03-2006, 08:20 AM

Please click and enjoy all the photos of my mini orchid

http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=4378418&a=32139303&pw=

ycwee · #6 (**permalink**) 04-03-2006, 08:24 AM

The height of the plant is 1 cm and the witdh is 5 cm, the leave is around 2.3 cm

weng · #7 (**permalink**) 04-06-2006, 07:13 AM

Very pretty flower! But I'm afraid that the genus Thrixspermum is the closest I can get to.

As you will have found, the genus sport tiny sequential flowers (one at a time) which last for half a day.

This makes them difficult to find and study, and there is not a great deal of interest around. Sorry.

Weng

Sandra Billeter · #8 (**permalink**) 04-06-2006, 11:43 AM

I've never seen anything like it but I sure appreciate your posting the pics. Thanks.

Sandra in South Carolina

Tindomul · #9 (**permalink**) 04-06-2006, 03:06 PM

OMG! Its really small! And really nice. Thanks for posting pics. Maybe you know or can find someone who can help you ID it? Its hard to do with just a picture.

ycwee · #10 (**permalink**) 04-07-2006, 01:58 AM

We are planning for another trip this weekend to the same area. Maybe find more specimens. I personally feel that this is a important rescue activity because the locations we went to are all earmarked for commercial development.
One very interesting find was a HUGE colony of Cymbidium finlaysonianum... Just to give you a rough idea, the diameter of the trunk of the tree that was felled was around 1 metre. This colony of C. finlaysonianum was growing the whole circumference of the tree, at at covering a total trunk length of around 1.5 - 2 metres. Unfortunately, we could only collect so many...
Apart from the possible Thrixspermum(?), we found other genus as well, namely Dendrobriums, Bulbophyllums and maybe some Renantheras. We can only confirm the exact species when they flower. Will take some pictures this time. Hopefully weather will permit.