!Ceratocentron fesselii Senghas 1989 Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, plant grown by H&R Nursery

Orange Cultivar Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids

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Common Name Fessel's Ceratocentron [Taxomonist and Botanist from Germany current]

Flower Size 1 1/2" [4 cm]

Found in Luzon, central Philippines in montane forests as a miniature sized, cool to hot growing, monopodial epiphyte found on tree trunks at 1000 to 1200 meters in elevation that need to be mounted on cork or treefern yet kept moist at all times and given a bit more shade than Vandas. This species has an erect, monopodial growth habit with very leathery, dark green, elliptic, obtuse, leaves that are basally conduplicate and clasping the stem which blooms on an axillary, erect, short, 2 to 4 flowered, often more than one inflorescence per leaf axil.

Synonyms Hymenorchis javierii ?[ not listed anywhere but in Miniature Orchids McQueen 1992]

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001; Miniature Orchids McQueen 1992 as Hymenorchis javierii; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003