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Trichocentrum (Greek, hair and spur, alluding to the long slender spur). Orchidaceae. A small group allied to Rodriguezia (Burlingtonia); the plants grow in dense matted tufts.
Pseudobulbs very small, each bearing a broad fleshy lf.: infl. a few-fld. raceme on which usually only 1 fl. opens at a time: sepals and petals free, spreading; labellum larger, spurred, with 2 lateral lobes and a 2-parted middle lobe; column short; pollinia 2, on a wedge-shaped stipe.—About 20 species. Epiphytes of dwarf stature, growing best on blocks; free-flowering; they suffer from too much water at the root; give them a warmhouse temperature. Prop. by division.
T. panamense, Rolfe. Fls. light green, with white lip, with red-purple blotch at base; spur yellowish, short, dilated, divided at apex into 4 short lobes. Panama.
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