Cleisostoma tenuifolium

Cleisostoma tenuifolium is a species of orchid, native to western India, Sri Lanka, eastern Myanmar and Thailand.^[1] It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 as Epidendrum tenuifolium.^[2] It is an epiphyte, attached to trees clinging downward, 10-40 cm long with a 5 cm long, raceme-like, several-flowered inflorescence. The flowers are yellow, with a dorsal sepal 4.5 × 1.2 mm.^{[citation needed]}

Tender leaf closed-mouth orchid
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Vandeae
Subtribe:	Aeridinae
Genus:	Cleisostoma
Species:	C. tenuifolium
Binomial name
Cleisostoma tenuifolium (L.) Garay
Synonyms[1]
List 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