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Ceratochilus biglandulosus is an orchid species identified by Blume in 1825. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Trichoglottis biglandulosa.
ORIGIN: This miniature sized, monopodial epiphyte occurs at elevations of 1000 to 2000 meters in higher montane forests on mossy and lichen covered trees within Java and needs cool to warm temperatures and regular watering year round.
DESCRIPTION: This miniature sized, monopodial epiphyte occurs at elevations of 1000 to 2000 meters in higher montane forests on mossy and lichen covered trees within Java and needs cool to warm temperatures and regular watering year round to produce several axillary, short single flowered inflorescence with up to three arising from near the apex of the stem that carries a flower larger than the entire plant. The tiny, densely leafed, monopodial orchid has a short stem with two ranked, thick, fleshy, terete and deeply channeled above, acute, mostly green but can be red speckled [usually denotes that it is exposed to full sun] leaves and can be grown in partial shade with fertilizer given year round.
FLOWER SIZE: 1 1/2 inches [3.75 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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