Ceratostylis lancifolia Hook.f. 1890

Plant in Situ Cameron Highlands Malaysia Photo By © David Kuehn

Common Name The Lance-Like Leafed Ceratostylis

Flower Size 1/4" [8mm]

Found in Malaysia and Sumatra at elevations of 1400 to 1700 meters as a small sized warm growing epiphyte with 3 noded stems enveloped by loose, imbricate sheaths and carrying a single, apical, lanceolate, acute leaf that blooms on a fascile of very short, single flowered inflorescence.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2002