!Ceratochilus biglandulosus Blume 1825 Photo by © Lourens Grobler

Flower Closeup Photo courtesy of Stefan Paeffgen

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Common Name The Two-Glanded Ceratochilus

Flower Size 1 1/2" [3.75 cm]

This miniature sized , monopodial epiphyte occurs at elevations of 1000 to 2000 meters in higher montane forests on mossy and lichen covered trees within Java and needs cool to warm temperatures and regular watering year round to produce several axillary, short single flowered inflorescence with up to three arising from near the apex of the stem that carries a flower larger than the entire plant. The tiny, densely leafed, monopodial orchid has a short stem with two ranked, thick, fleshy, terete and deeply channeled above, acute, mostly green but can be red speckled [usually denotes that it is exposed to full sun] leaves and can be grown in partial shade with fertilizer given year round.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae Rchb.f 1854 drawing fide; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1857; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905; Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Smith 1908 drawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 68 No 7 1999 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 4 2005 photo; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide

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