Cleisostoma arietinum

Cleisostoma arietinum (Rchb.f.) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23(4): 169 (1972).

Cleisostoma arietinum (Rchb.f.) Garay, Photo by Worranittha Koenig 

its native range is Assam to Peninsula Malaysia. 

Latin Name: 

Cleisostoma arietinum (Rchb.f.) Garay.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Echioglossum arietinum (Rchb.f.) Szlach.

Saccolabium kunstleri (King & Pantl.) Ridl.

Sarcanthus arietinus Rchb.f.

Sarcanthus kunstleri King & Pantl.

Sarcanthus recurvus Rolfe ex Downie

Vietnamese  name:

Mật khẩu đầu bò, Miệng kín cong

English Name:

The Bent Cleisostoma.

Thailand namee:

Khao Phae.

Description: 

With a short, monopodial stem carrying several, distichous, terete, basally articulated to the stem leaves and blooms on an axillary, sometimes branched inflorescence that is to 4" [to 10 cm] long and has several to many tiny flowers.

Distribution:

Assam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam (Lâm Đồng).

Ecological:

At elevations around 500 to 600 m as a miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms from january - May

Flower size:

6.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Water: 2 to 3 time daily

Light: bright or full sunlight,Partial Shade

Temperature: 18 - 22°C

Typus:

Kunstler, H.H. [580], Malaysia K000942274 Unknown type material

Kerr, A.F.G. [97], Thailand K000942412 Unknown type material

Kerr, A.F.G. [97], Thailand K000942411 Unknown type material

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- https://www.ipni.org/n/623393-1

- http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:623393-1

- http://www.orchidspecies.com/cleisosarientinum.htm. 

- https://www.orchidcambodia.com/cleisostoma-arietinum-2014.html

- https://www.seattleorchid.com/Cleisostoma-arietinum-p/usclei-arietinum.htm