Cleisostoma birmanicum

Cleisostoma birmanicum (Schltr.) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23(4): 170 (1972).

Cleisostoma birmanicum (Schltr.) Garay, Photo by Yosuke Oda

Cleisostoma birmanicum (Schltr.) Garay, Photo by Koos Peters

its native range is Indo-China to Hainan.

Latinh Name: 

Cleisostoma birmanicum (Schltr.) Garay

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Echioglossum birmanicum Schltr.

Sarcanthus birmanicus (Schltr.) Seidenf. & Smitinand

Sarcanthus ophioglossa Guillaumin

Vietnamese name:

Mật khẩu Miến điện, Miệng kín hai gai.

English Name:

The Burmese Cleisostoma.

Chinese name:

Mei Hua Ge Ju Lan - 美花隔距兰

Description: 

With a stout stem carrying several, thick, fleshy, broadly linear-ligulate, obtuse, unequally bilobed apically leaves that blooms in the spring on an axillary, erect to arching, 15 cm long, often branched, several to many successively flowered inflorescence that is longer than the leaves and carries fleshy flowers.

Distribution:

Hainan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam (Tam Đảo, Vĩnh Phú, Quảng Trị, Nha Trang, Tây Nguyên, Lâm Đồng).

Ecological:

In humid, mossy, mixed and coniferous forests on mossy branches of old, dwarf, gnarled trees at elevations of 800 to 1400 m as a rare, small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte high up on mossy trees.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring and sunmer.

Flower size:

2.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Temperature:

Cool-Warm 12-30°C

Light Level:

Shade to Bright (indirect light, pronounced shadowing)

Bloom Season:

Spring, Summer.

Watering: 

Moist ; 3-5 waterings per weeks (mounted) ; let dry slightly between waterings ; water needs dependent upon humidity level.

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