Trichosma
(from treis, three and chosma, a division; in allusion to the three-lobed labellum). ORD. Orchideae. A monotypic genus. The species is a very distinct and scarce, above, epiphytal Orchid. It may be grown in a well-drained pot or pan of fibrous peat and sphagnum. When in active growth, it must be kept moderately moist; and, as it has no fleshy pseudo-bulbs, it must never be allowed to get quite dry.
T. suavis (sweet). Hair Orchid. fl. fragrant, rather large, in a short, terminal raceme; sepals and petals creamy-white, lanceolate; lip three-lobed, the side lobes white, striped with brownish-crimson, the middle one undulated, recurved, yellow, margined with crimson, and bearing several crispy crests on the disk. Spring. l. two, broadly lanceolate, obsoletely three-nerved. Stems thin, tufted, terete, 8in. to 10in. high. Khasya Mountains, 1840. (B. R. 1842, 21; W. O. A. iii. 114.) SYNS. Caelogyne coronaria, Eria coronaria, E. suavis.