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Cleisostoma subulatum Blume, Bijdr.: 363 (1825).

Homotypic Synonyms:

Sarcanthus subulatus (Blume) Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 41 (1857).

Heterotypic Synonyms:

Cleisostoma dealbatum Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29(Misc.): 5 (1843).

Cymbidium flavescens Llanos, Fragm. Pl. Filip.: 96 (1851).

Cypripedium linearisubulatum Llanos, Fragm. Pl. Filip.: 99 (1851).

Sarcanthus secundus Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 362 (1851).

Cleisostoma amabile Teijsm. & Binn., Natuurw. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 5: 493 (1853).

Sarcanthus oxyphyllus Wall. ex Rchb.f., Allg. Gartenzeitung 23: 331 (1855).

Sarcanthus dealbatus (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 892 (1864).

Saccolabium secundum (Griff.) Ridl., Mat. Fl. Malay. Penins. 1: 168 (1907).

Sarcanthus amabilis (Teijsm. & Binn.) J.J.Sm., Natuurw. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 72: 83 (1912).

award
number is 20114273, Northeast
Judging Center, the grower has already been notified to provide better pictures when it re blooms.

Cleisostoma subulatum, award number 20114273, has been confirmed
to be Cleisostoma subulatum by SITF (March 2015).

119. Cleisostoma

Key to the
species genus Cleisostoma Blume

(Modification
from J. B. Comber 2001 by Tun Jang)

No.	sub.	Characteristic features of species (Data)	Link photo to species
1	a	Leaves terete, i. e. circular in cross-section	2
	b	Leaves semi-terete or flat, distinctly broader than they are thick	5
2	a	Stem pendulous, to 80 cm; spur almos globose	c. williamsonii
	b	Stem more or less erect, 40 cm long or shorter; spur club-shaped, conical or cylindrical	3
3	a	Lip side lobes acute; leaves about 15 cm long	c. pityophyllum
	b	Lip side lobes obtuse; leaves 12 cm long or shorter	4
4	a	Leaves about 6 mm diameter; flowers 6.4 mm broad; sepals 3.5 mm long, obtuse	c. halophilum
	b	Leaves 3.5 mm or less in diameter; flowers 9 mm broad; sepals 4.5 mm or more long, acute	c. teretifloium
5	a	Leaves apically bilobed	6
	b	Leaves not bilobed apically	13
6	a	Leaves 7 - 10 mm broad	c. callosilobum
	b	Leaves usually 15 mm broad or broader	7
7	a	Sepals acute	c. beccarii
	b	Sepals obtuse	8
8	a	Flowers 8.5 mm broad or narrower	9
	b	Flowers 10 mm broad or broader	11
9	a	Lip with a large conical callus on the mid-lobe	c. suffusum
	b	Lip without such a callus on the mid-lobe	10
10	a	Lip side lobes and mid-lobe obtuse	c. rostellatum
	b	Lip side lobes and mid-lobe acute	c. sagittatum
11	a	Rachis distinctly shorter than the peduncle; flowers in a tight head	c suoveolens
	b	Rachis about the same length as peduncle; flowers spaced along the rachis	12
12	a	Leaf apices with toothed lobes; lip side lobes triangular, acute	c. duplicilobum
	b	Leaf apices with rounded lobes; lip side lobes rounded and erose	c. discolor
13	a	Flowers 5 mm broad or smaller	14
	b	Flowers 8 mm broad or larger	15
14	a	Leaves thin, about 8 x 2.5 cm, red underneath	C. rhycolabium
	b	Leaves thick and fleshy, about 15 x 1 cm, green	C. nieuwenhuissii
15	a	Inflorescences to 6 cm long, the peduncle 1 cm long	C. javanicum
	b	Inflorescences 15 cm long or longer, the peduncle 4 cm long or longer	16
16	a	Leaves thick and fleshy, about 7.5 mm broad	C. muticum
	b	Leaves at least 10 mm broad, usually broader	17
17	a	Lip side lobes with long, narrow apices; leaves 1 - 1.6 cm broad	C. subulatum
	b	Lip side lobes shortly triangular; leaves 1.8 - 2.5 cm broad	C. scortechinii