Cleisostoma suffusum (Ridl.) Garay 1972
Plant Photo by Peter O'Byrne .©
Common Name The Interspersed Cleisostoma
Flower Size .3" [8.5 mm]
Found in Malaysia and Sumatra as a small sized monopodial epiphyte with a stem carrying 2 rows of, strap-shaped, slightly unequally bilobed apically, lobes rounded leaves that blooms in the spring on an axillary, lax, paniculate, many flowered, 5.2 to 12" [13 to 30 cm] long, green with blackish spots, angular infloresence
Synonyms *Saccolabium suffusum Ridl. 1905; Saccolabium validum Ridl. 1907; Sarcanthus kuyperi J.J.Sm. 1908; Sarcanthus suffusus (Ridl.) J.J.Sm. 1912; Sarcanthus validus (Ridl.) J.J.Sm. 1912
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Wood & Seidenfaden 1992; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001
