Cleistes castaneoides Hoehne 1939 Photo by Lou Menzes

Part sun Cool LATE Spring EARLY Summer

Common Name The Coppery Brown Cleistes

Flower Size 2" [5 cm]

Found in Brazil in grasslands as a medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with an erect stem enveloped by a bract and 2 to 3, small, lanceolate, acuminate basally clasping leaves that blooms in the late spring and early summer on a short, terminal, single flowered inflorescence enveloped by a leaf-like, concave, acute floral bract

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 drawing fide;

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------