Gastrochilus sororius
Gastrochilus is a fascinating genus related to Vanda and Phalaenopsis that produces masses of attractive flowers in clusters with unusual bowled lips.
Gastrochilus sororius (first picture) is a warm growing species from Malaysia and Indonesia including Borneo an grows in the warm lowland forest we have explored in Sarawak. We grow our plant indoors with a minimum of 17C and it rewards us with thick leaves and roots, and masses of flowers twice a year.
We have also seen Gastrochilus species growing in cool forests in the Himalayas including the small plant shown below at 2500m in Arunachal Pradesh in warm temperate forest surrounded by familiar garden plants such as Daphne bholua.
We have seed sown of Gastrochilus sororius in ouir lab so will hopefully have seedlings soon.