About Tender Leaf Closed-Mouth Orchid
Cleisostoma tenuifolium is a species of orchid, native to western India, Sri Lanka, eastern Myanmar and Thailand. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 as Epidendrum tenuifolium. It is an epiphyte, attached to trees clinging downward, 10-40 cm long with a 5 cm long, raceme-like, several-flowered inflorescence. The flowers are yellow, with a dorsal sepal 4.5 × 1.2 mm.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cleisostoma tenuifolium
- Genus
- Cleisostoma
- Family
- ORCHIDACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Distribution
- India, Thailand
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-August
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Botanical family
Orchidaceae
Orchid family
Tender Leaf Closed-Mouth Orchid belongs to the Orchidaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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