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[[File:Ceratostylis_retisquama.jpg|thumb|Ceratostylis retisquama]]

'''Common Name:''' The scientific name refers to the scale-like bracts on the rhizome<br />
'''Scented:''' no<br />
'''Light Requirements:''' partial sun<br />
'''Temperature Requirements:''' intermediate to hot<br />
'''Flower Size:''' 2.5cm<br />
'''Synonyms:''' ''Ceratostylis latipetala'' Ames 1910; ''Ceratostylis rubra'' Ames 1910

A nice, small sized, terete pseudobulb and tough, linear-falcate leaf, it's flowers arise from the dry, brown sheaths at the base of the pseudobulb, and grows into dense mats. It is a warm to hot growing epiphytic plant found at elevations up to 500 meters, free-flowering in almost all seasons with a solitary or pair of, short-lived flowers arising on a short stalk on a new growth at the base, and comes from the Philippines. It may be mounted in a wood slat basket or on cork and is an easy plant to grow.

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-18.895893, 46.318359, Central Madagascar
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