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Orchid Species: Cleisostoma petitiana

Kew currently accepted name is Smitinandia micrantha

Cleisostoma petitiana is an orchid species identified by Guillaumin in 1945. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Smitinandia micrantha.
Genus
Cleisostoma (Cleis.)
Grex
petitiana
Parents
Species
Author
Guillaumin
Year
1945
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ORIGIN: Found in the Chinese Himalayas, western Himalayas, Assam, Bangladesh, India, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Borneo in lowlands and low montane riverine forests at elevations [200 to 300, Borneo] below 1300 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Small sized, hot to warm, pendant growing epiphyte with an elongated, branching, turning pendulous stem carrying several linear, axillary, unequally and obtusely bilobed apically leaves that blooms in the summer through winter on an lateral, simple, 2 3/4 to 6 3/4 [7 to 17 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence with triangular-ovate, acute to acuminate floral bracts and the fleshy, successively opening flowers arranged in a spiral.

FLOWER SIZE: 1/3 inch [1.1 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Smitinandia Stda micrantha 1969 (Lindl.) Holttum
Add+ Cleisostoma Cleis poilanei 1932 Gagnep.
Add+ Cleisostoma Cleis tixieri 1960 Guillaumin
Add+ Ceratochilus Ctcs micranthus 1833 (Lindl.) Lindl.
Add+ Gastrochilus Gchls parviflorus 1891 Kuntze
Add+ Pomatocalpa Pmcpa poilanei 1951 (Gagnep.) Tang & F.T.Wang
Add+ Saccolabium Slm fissum 1896 Ridl.
Add+ Uncifera Un albiflora 1930 Guillaumin
Add+ Cleisostoma Cleis micranthum 1899 (Lindl.) King & Pantl.
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Stda. micrantha 'Longwood's Miniature Marvel' (2018) Stda. micrantha 'Trackside' (1999) Stda. micrantha 'Kensington' (1991) Stda. micrantha 'Jean Skoien' (1983)
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