Orchidaceae

Tender leaf closed-mouth orchid

Cleisostoma tenuifolium (L.) Garay

Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Cleisostoma

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Tender leaf closed-mouth orchid (Cleisostoma tenuifolium) — FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

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English: Tender leaf closed-mouth orchid

Synonyms

Aerides tenuifolia (L.) Moon
Cleisostoma pauciflorum (Wight) Senghas
Cymbidium tenuifolium (L.) Willd.
Epidendrum tenuifolium L.
Gastrochilus acuminatus (Thwaites) Kuntze
Saccolabium acuminatum Thwaites
Saccolabium peninsulare (Dalzell) Alston
Saccolabium tenuifolium (L.) Alston
Sarcanthus pauciflorus Wight
Sarcanthus peninsularis Dalzell
Sarcanthus tenuifolius (L.) Seidenf.
Sarcochilus tenuifolius (L.) Náves

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Sindhu Haridas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: V C balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.