Category: Cleisocentron

This small, hot to warm-growing epiphyte is found in Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Borneo at elevations up to 700 meters in dry lowland forests and savanna-like woodlands. It has a short, stout stem with thick, keeled, linear-oblong leaves that are broadly two-lobed. Blooming in late spring and summer, it produces a 10 to… Continue reading Cleisomeria lanatum

This small, cool to cold-growing monopodial orchid is found only in Sabah, Borneo, at elevations of 1100 to 3000 meters in montane and riverine forests. It has terete stems covered by leaf-bearing sheaths, with juvenile leaves that are thick and linear-ligulate, maturing into terete, falcate to straight leaves. Blooming in winter and spring, it produces… Continue reading Cleisocentron merrillianum