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Cleisostoma tenuifolium is a small epiphytic orchid from wet tropical forests of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand, growing on tree branches with pendent stems and small yellow flowers. It is a specialist plant best grown mounted or in an orchid mix with high humidity and good air movement.
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.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cleisostoma tenuifolium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
