Trichotosia vulpina-a hairy fox

[euplusia]

I came across this uncommon fox furred hairy orchid (the meaning of its Greek-Latin name) from the Philippines last year at the EOC in Budapest. Its for the lovers of odd plants. Reportedly it loves a warm shady place with high humidity and moving air. Not my plant.

[Tindomul]

Weird. I have never heard or seen this before. Thanks for sharing.

[Bud]

hairy plant with hairy flowers in monochromatic color....you cant distinguish the plant from the flower ....you have to look at it really close.
really quite interesting...Thanks for Sharing!

[euplusia]

Thanks Tindomul and Bud. There are about 30 species of Trichotosia (related to Eria) and some of them look similar. I could not start to dissect a flower from a plant, that is not mine, in a public showroom. So I only took pics of the label to know how it was named. Maybe the judges checked the species, but I do not think so. I wanted to share the pictures as the plant is so weird.

[ronaldhanko]

Wow! That's my kind of plant (except for the warm-growing part). Fabulous.

[WhiteRabbit]

Very cool!

[PlantTeeth]

Its really is "furry"...how funny. Very neat plant!

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[Stray59]

Thanks for posting this really odd plant! Never heard of it before - nice to see pics included!
Steve