!Ceratochilus biglandulosus Blume 1825 Photo by © Lourens Grobler

Flower Closeup Photo courtesy of Stefan Paeffgen

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Common Name The Two-Glanded Ceratochilus

Flower Size 1 1/2" [3.75 cm]

This miniature, monopodial epiphyte occurs at elevations of 1000 to 2000 meters in higher montane forests on mossy trees within Java and Sumatra and needs cool to warm temperatures and regular watering year round to produce an axilary, short single flowered inflorescence with up to three arising from near the apex of the stem that carries a flower larger than the entire plant. The tiny, densely leafed, monopodial orchid has a short stem with two ranked, thick, fleshy, terete and deeply channeled above, acute, mostly green but can be red speckled [usually denotes grew esposed to full sun] leaves and can be grown in partial shade with fertilizer given year round.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1987; Orchids of Java Comber 1990