Category: Cleisostoma

This small to medium-sized, hot-growing epiphyte is found across South and Southeast Asia in lowlands at 100 to 500 meters. It has short, pendulous stems with upturned tips and thick, fleshy, rigid, V-channeled leaves. Blooming throughout the year, it produces stiffly pendant, unbranched inflorescences, 10 to 17 cm long, with up to 40 densely arranged… Continue reading Cleisostoma subulatum

This medium-sized, cool-growing epiphyte is found in Peninsular Malaysia at elevations of 1000 to 1250 meters in lower montane forests. It has an erect, rarely branched stem with crowded, dark green, maroon-marked, strap-shaped leaves. Blooming in spring and summer, it produces numerous axillary, arching, 2 to 9-branched inflorescences, each 15 cm long, carrying up to… Continue reading Cleisostoma odoratum

This miniature, hot to cool-growing epiphyte is found in India, Sikkim, Bhutan, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam at elevations of 350 to 1500 meters, often near streams. It has an ascending stem with several dark green veined, curved, bilobed leaves. Blooming in late winter and early spring, it produces a pendant, 22.5… Continue reading Cleisostoma discolor

This miniature, hot to warm-growing monopodial epiphyte is found in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos at elevations of 300 to 1000 meters. It has a very short stem with two rows of thick, leathery green leaves that develop maroon stains in brighter light. Blooming in summer and fall, it produces a pendant, paniculate, up to 35… Continue reading Cleisostoma crochetii

This miniature, warm-growing epiphyte is found in northeastern India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and Malaysia at elevations of 500 to 600 meters. It has a short, monopodial stem with several terete leaves that are basally attached to the stem. Blooming on an axillary, sometimes branched inflorescence up to 10 cm long, it produces several to… Continue reading Cleisostoma arietinum