Ceratostylis micrantha Schltr. 1906

Plant and Flowers Photos by © Karl Senghas and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Full shade Warm Cool Fall

Common Name or Meaning The Small Flowered Ceratostylis

Flower Size.08" [2 mm]

Found in New Caledonia at elevations of 700 to 1200 meters as a miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with clustered, terete, elongate stems carrying a single, terete, obtuse, channeled leaf that blooms in the fall on 1 to 2, sessile, single flowered inflorescnece

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependences Vol 8 Orchidaceae Halle 1977 drawing fide;

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