Coelogyne asperata

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This large, hot to cool-growing epiphyte or lithophyte is found in Southeast Asia and the Pacific islands at elevations up to 1600 meters, often near rivers and streams. It has compressed, ribbed, broadly conical pseudobulbs with long-petiolate, plicate leaves. Blooming in late winter to summer, it produces a 45 cm arching inflorescence with 15 to… Continue reading Coelogyne asperata

Clowesia warscewiczi

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This medium-sized, hot-growing epiphyte is found in tropical forests of Central and South America at 70 to 500 meters. It has narrowly ovoid to oblong pseudobulbs with 4 to 6 deciduous, elliptic-lanceolate leaves. Blooming in fall (spring in Ecuador), it produces a 30 cm long, pendant racemose inflorescence with 15 to 20 or more showy,… Continue reading Clowesia warscewiczi

Cleisostoma subulatum

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

Cleisostoma odoratum

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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

Cleisostoma discolor

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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

Cleisostoma crochetii

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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

Cleisostoma arietinum

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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

Cleisomeria lanatum

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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

Cleisocentron merrillianum

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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

Chroniochilus virescens

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This mini-miniature epiphyte is found in Thailand, Borneo, Malaysia, and Sumatra at 500 to 1000 meters in hill forests. It thrives in warm conditions with a stout, erect stem and thick, fleshy, strap-shaped leaves that are unequally bilobed at the tip. Blooming through summer, it produces a 2.5 cm long, flattened inflorescence with up to… Continue reading Chroniochilus virescens