Trias nasuta (Rchb.f.) Stapf. is an epiphytic growing miniature orchid, native to Burma (Myanmar), Thailand and Vietnam. The Trias nasuta orchid has been primarily named by the German botanist Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach as Bulbophyllum nasutum in 1871, which is still accepted as a synonym. Flowers reach a size of 2 -3 cm. Flowering period: October [read more...]

Trias disciflora (Rolfe) Rolfe1896 is an epiphytic growing miniature orchid species, native to Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. The British botanist Robert Allen Rolfe (1855–1921) named this orchid primarily Bulbophyllum disciflorum, which is still accepted as a synonym and changed the name a year later to Trias disciflora. Trias disciflora flowers get a size of about [read more...]

The Thai miniature Orchid Trias intermedia Seidenf. & Smitin. 1961 is for sure not a scary monster, even if our flower photographer Nat made them look like scary Thai monsters, which will snap with their canines any second. It´s just a matter of the angle. The Trias intermedia Seidenf. & Smitin. 1961 is an epiphytic [read more...]

The miniature sized Trias oblonga Lindl. 1830 is an epiphytic growing orchid species endemic to Thailand, Burma (Myanmar), Bangladesh and India (Assam). The small, about 1.5 cm sized, flowers are short-living (just about 1 day). Flowering period: February – April © Orchids Flowers.com Image: Trias oblonga Lindl 1830 Photographer: Posantor “Chocolate” Saelie