Thecopus secunda (Ridl.)Seidenf. 1984
Photo by © Eric Hunt
Photo by Nik Fahmi and his Vortex Orchid Page
Common Name Refers to the flowers being all on one side of the inflorescence
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Found in Malaya and Borneo in podosol forests at elevations of 400 to 500 meters as a small sized, hot growing sympodial epiphyte with flattened pseudobulbs carrying linear, rather leathery, suddenly narrowing to a broad point leaves that blooms in the fall on a to 6" [15 cm] long, to 17 flowered inflorescence.
Seems that the main differnce between this one and T maingayii is that this one has hooks on the back side of the sepals and petals
Synonyms *Thecostele secunda Ridl. 1895
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Holttum 1957 as Thecostele secunda; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; *Opera Botanica #72 Orchid Genera in Thailand XI Cymbidiaeae Seidenfaden 1983 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 24 1457 - 1520 Brieger 1991; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing fide; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchids of Sarawak Beaman, Wood & Beaman etal 2001; photo ? not; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 1 O'Byrne 2001 photo fide; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 3 2009 photo fide; Wild Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 photo fide; Taiwania 61(4):319-354 November 2016, New Species of Orchids (Orchidaceae) in the Flora of Vietnam Averyanov, Nong, Nguyen and Truong 2016 Drawing/photo fide;
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