Ceratocentron
(pronounced: sayr-at-oh-SEN-tron)
Classification
Epidendroideae/Vandeae/Aeridinae
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Overview
Miniature monopodial epiphytes. Stems very short. Leaves alternate, distichous, leathery. Inflorescences short subcapitate racemes. Flowers orange-red, showy. Sepals and petals free, spreading, subsimilar. Lip obscurely three-lobed, fleshy, with a bilaterally compressed spur. Column very short, fleshy; pollinia 2, on a common linear-filiform stipe and viscidium.
Etymology
From the Greek, kerato, meaning horn, and kentron, meaning bag, referring to the horn-shaped sac.
Distribution
A monotypic genus endemic to the Philippines.
Care and Culture Card
See basic growing conditions and care information below.
Mount Ceratocentron on a small slab with a very small pad of moisture retaining material at the roots. Provide bright light, intermediate to cool-intermediate temperatures, and regular watering throughout the year. The roots should dry out rapidly between waterings.
Literature
Senghas, K. 1989. Ceratocentron, eine neue Orchideengattung aus der subtribus Aeridinae von den Philippinen. Die Orchidee 40(3):85-90.
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