Cleisostoma inflatum (Rolfe) Garay 1972 Photo by © Karel & Alex Petrzelka and the Vietnam Orchid Website

Part shade Hot

Common Name The Inflated Cleisostoma [refers to the inflated sac-like lip]

Flower Size

Found in Vietnam and Sabah and Sarawk Borneo in hill forests at elevations of 500 to 600 meters as a hot growing epiphyte.

Synonyms Garayanthus inflatus (Rolfe) Szlach. 1995; Saccolabium laxum Ridl. 1908; *Sarcanthus inflatus Rolfe 1906; Sarcanthus ridleyi J.J.Sm. 1912

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Checklist Of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011

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