Cleisostomopsis

(pronounced: kly-soh-stoh-MOP-siss)

Classification

Vandeae subtribe Aeridinae

Overview

Epiphytes. Stems laxly pendent, slender, rooting at the base. Leaves terete, slender, pendent. Inflorescences short-pedunculate pendent racemes, the floral bracts minute. Flowers numerous, purple. Sepals and petals free, spreading, subsimilar, subequal. Lip three-lobed, spurred, with a low backwall callus. Column short, without wings, with a short foot, the rostellum large, flap-like; pollinia 4, in two tightly appressed pairs on a common stipe and viscidium.

Etymology

From Cleisotoma, a genus of orchids, and the Greek opsis, meaning resembling, referring to the similarity of this genus to Cleisostoma.

Distribution

A monotypic genus endemic to Vietnam.

Care and Culture Card

See basic growing conditions and care information below.


Literature

Christenson, E. A. 1995. Sarcanthine genera 17: Cleisostomopsis Seidenf. Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 64(4):392-394.
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