Cleisostoma capricorne

Cleisostoma capricorne (Ridl.) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23(4): 170 (1972).

Cleisostoma capricorne (Ridl.) Garay, Photo by Worranittha Koenig

its native range is Thailand to Peninsula Malaysia (Pahang).

Latin Name: 

Cleisostoma capricorne (Ridl.) Garay

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Ascochilus capricornis Ridl.

Raciborskanthos capricornis (Ridl.) Szlach.

Sarcanthus capricornis (Ridl.) Holttum

English Name:

The Goat-Horned Cleisostoma (refers to the strongly recurved leaves, a diagnostic character).

Description: 

With a freely branching stem enveloped by imbricating old leaf sheaths carrying towards the apex, distichous, terete, strongly recurved [goat horn like], basally grooved leaves that blooms in the summer on an axillary, horizontal to suberect, unbranched, (21 to 55 cm) long, to 20 flowered inflorescence with ovate, acute floral bracts and up to 5 flowers open at any one time.

Distribution:

Malaya, Thailand.

Ecological:

A small sized, monopodial, hot to warm growing epiphyte occuring on karst limestone hills at elevations around 550 m as a mini-miniature sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte on stunted trees or as a lithophyte on the limestone beneath.

Flowering times:

Blooms in summer.

Flower size:

8.0 mm.

Cultivation:

The tropical orchid requires a warm to hot, humid climate.

Typus:

Herbarium:

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K), K000942273

Collection:

Herbarium Specimens

Resource Type:

Specimens

Collector:

Evans, I.H.N., #s.n.

Locality:

Gunong Sinyum, Pahang.

Country:

Malaysia (Malaysia)

Identifications:

Cleisostoma capricorne (Ridl.) Garay [family ORCHIDACEAE] (stored under name); Verified by Seidenfaden, G., Sarcanthus capricornis (Ridl.) Holttum [family ORCHIDACEAE]; Verified by Seidenfaden, G., Ascochilus capricornis Ridl. [family ORCHIDACEAE] Sarcanthus recurvus Rolfe ex Downie [family ORCHIDACEAE]; Verified by Holttum, R.E.,

Note:

Cleisostoma capricorne orchids are protected by CITES Appendix II (trade controlled to avoid use incompatible with species survival).

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/623419-1

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:623419-1

https://andysorchids.com/pictureframe.asp?PicId=5499

https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.k000942273

http://www.orchids-flowers.com/miniature-orchid-cleisostoma-capricorne/