Trisetella regia is, relatively speaking, the giant of the genus, and well-named
regia
or "regal." Most of the plants in the genus are tiny, only a few
centimeters tall, with small flowers (1.5-2 cm) on short flower spikes.
This species is 7 cm tall with long 20 cm flower spikes and 4 cm
flowers. The flowers are typical in shape and color for the genus and
have the long "tails" for which the genus is named. Their obvious
resemblance to
Masdevallias had them classified as
Masdevallias at one time.
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