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Orchid Species: Cleisostoma nieuwenhuisii

(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)

Cleisostoma nieuwenhuisii is an orchid species identified by (J.J.Sm.) Garay in 1972.
Genus
Cleisostoma (Cleis.)
Grex
nieuwenhuisii
(name currently accepted by Kew)
Parents
Species
Author
(J.J.Sm.) Garay
Year
1972
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ORIGIN: Found in Sumatra, Borneo and northeastern Sumatra in lowland forests at elevations of 50 to 300 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte with a very short stem carrying 8, fleshy, rigid, linear, acute, shiney green, purple striped above leaves that blooms on a racemose to rarely branched, many flowered, 6.6 [16.5 cm] long inflorescence with very small, concave, acute, 3 cornered floral bracts carrying fleshy flowers.

FLOWER SIZE: 0.2 inches [4 mm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Cleisostoma Cleis inflexilobum 1972 (Holttum) Garay
Add+ Sarcanthus Snths inflexilobus 1947 Holttum
Add+ Sarcanthus Snths nieuwenhuisii 1909 J.J.Sm.
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