Cleisocentron
(pronounced: kly-soh-CEN-tron)
Classification
Vandeae subtribe Aeridinae
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Overview
Large monopodial ephipytes rooting at the base. Leaves alternate, distichous, terete to laminar, leathery. Inflorescences short axillary racemes. Flowers cupped. Sepals and petals subsimilar, subequal, free, spreading. Lip obscurely three-lobed, spurred, sessile, +/- front and backwall callus or thickening. Column short, without wings, +/- foot; pollinia 4, in two tightly appressed pairs, on a common linear stipe and viscidium.
Etymology
From the Greek cleistos, meaning closed, and kentron, meaning spur, referring to the spur which is almost closed by the thickened walls.
Distribution
A genus of four species ranging from Myanmar to Borneo.
Care and Culture Card
See basic growing conditions and care information below.
Grow plants of Cleisocentron in pots or baskets of medium-grade epiphyte mixture. The plants should be suspended to allow for their leggy habit. Provide intermediate to cool-intermediate temperatures, bright diffuse light, and regular watering throughout the year.
Literature
Christenson, E. A. 1992. An enigmatic blue. Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 61(3):242-243.
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