Cleisostoma appendiculatum (Lindl.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.1893 Photo by © Rudolf Jenny and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

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Common Name The Appendaged Cleisostoma

Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]

Found in Assam, Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Myanamar as a small to medium sized epiphyte with an erect stem enveloped completely by imbricate leaf bearing sheaths carrying terete, acute, channeled above, basally clasping below leaves that blooms in the later summer on an axillary, short to 2" [to 5 cm], 6 to 8 flowered inflorescence carrying waxy flowers

Synonyms *Aerides appendiculata Lindl. 1833; Cleisostoma hincksianum (Rchb.f.) Garay 1972; Sarcanthus appendiculatus (Lindl.) Hook.f. 1890; Sarcanthus hincksianus Rchb.f. 1878

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones 22 1892 Hooker as Sarcanthus appendiculatus drawing ok; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya King & Pantling 1898 drawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Saracanthus appendiculatus;

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