Staurochilus fasciatus [Rchb.f] Ridley 1896 (previously Trichoglottis fasciata)
Description: A large monopodial epiphyte found in the Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Sumatra, in evergreen, semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests and savana-like woodlands at 0-800m.
Photorights: Cedric Jancloes
- Size: With an elongate stem carrying many oblong-ligulate, unequally rounded apically leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on a horizontal or ascending, 5" [12 cm] long, simple, slightly fractiflex inflorescence with small, triangular-ovate, subacute floral bracts carrying 2 to 8, long-lived, slightly (to not at all) fragrant flowers that open in succession.
- Collector/Witnesses: C.Jancloes
- Year Collected: 2008
- Growing Media: woodmount or basket
- Flowering Period: April-May
- Color: yellow petals and sepals with dred to dark red stripes, Distinctively white lip with red spots
- Water: 1 – 2 time daily
- Light: light loving, in the shade
- Temperature: warm - hot