Orchid Species: Thrixspermum calceolus

Species Description

Thrixspermum calceolus botanical illustration from Edwards' Register.

Thrixspermum calceolus is a “free handsome-flowering species from India, producing long spikes of deep rosy pink and white blossoms; foliage light green, about eight inches long and nearly two inches wide. Altogether a very showy kind, of which there are several varieties; many of them produce long branching spikes, and make a fine display when in bloom. This has become one of our best Aerides for exhibition. The finest specimen I ever saw is in the select collection of J. Broome, Esq., Didsbury, and was exhibited at the Manchester Exhibition.

Synonyms

• Aerides lobbii

Publications

• Edwards’s Botanical Register, volume 32 (N.S. 9) plate 19
• Classic Orchid Grower’s Manual