Tender Leaf Closed-Mouth Orchid
Cleisostoma tenuifolium
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Goa
- Flowering
- June-August
How to identify Tender Leaf Closed-Mouth Orchid
Identify Tender Leaf Closed-Mouth Orchid by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Raceme.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: June-August.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Kerala, Goa.
- Confirm it sits within the Orchidaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Tender Leaf Closed-Mouth Orchid.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cleisostoma tenuifolium
- Genus
- Cleisostoma
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Thailand
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Goa
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-August
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Orchidaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
- Flower arrangement
- RacemerecordedIndividual stalked flowers arranged along a central stem, opening from bottom to top.“It is an epiphyte, attached to trees clinging downward, 10-40 cm long with a 5 cm long, raceme-like, several-flowered inflorescence.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Tender Leaf Closed-Mouth Orchid itself; the rest are typical of the Orchidaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Tender Leaf Closed-Mouth Orchid
Tender Leaf Closed-Mouth Orchid (Cleisostoma tenuifolium) is a herb in the Orchidaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Kerala and Goa. It grows in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from June to August.
Orchidaceae
Orchid family
Tender Leaf Closed-Mouth Orchid belongs to the Orchidaceae family.
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