Trigonidium egertonianum

Trigonidium egertonianum

Trigonidium egertonianum is a species of orchid found in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Guyana.
Trigonidium egertonianum Taken at Estacion Biologica Juan Roberto Zarruk, Nicaragua. Geotagged,Nicaragua,Trigonidium egertonianum,Winter

Appearance

It is a medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte in lowland forests at elevations of sealevel to 1000 meters with clustered, ovoid to ellipsoid, compressed pseudobulbs carrying 2 apical, linear-oblanceolate, acute to obtuse, conduplicate below into the base leaves and blooms on an erect, wiry, 1 1/2' [45 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence that has inflated, tubular bracts, and arising on a mature pseudobulb where it holds the flower at mid-leaf, occurring most in the late winter through summer although they are possible at any time of the year.

Naming

Synonyms
Maxillaria brachyglossa A. Rich. & Galeotti 1845
Trigonidium brachyglossum (A. Rich. & Galeotti) Schltr. 1918
Trigonidium callistele Rchb.f. 1860
Trigonidium seemannii Rchb.f 1854
Trigonidium spatulatum Linden & Rchb.f. 1854

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassMonocots
OrderAsparagales
FamilyOrchidaceae
GenusTrigonidium
SpeciesTrigonidium egertonianum
Photographed in
Nicaragua