Dendrobium aduncum Lindl. 1842 SECTION BrevifloresPhoto courtesy of Patricia Harding

Plant and Flowers Photo courtesy of © Lourens Grobler

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Common Name The Inward-Bent Dendrobium [refers to the wings at the colum apex] - In China Gou Zhuang Shi Hu

Flower Size 1" to 1 3/8" [2.5 to 3.5 cm]

Found in Assam India, eastern Himalayas, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanamar, Thailand, Laos, Guangdong, Guangxi, Ghuizhou, Hainan, Hunan and Yunnan provinces of China, Hong Kong and Vietnam in subtropical forests and broadleaf, evergreen lowland forests and primary montane forests near rivers at elevations of 300 to 1300 meters as a medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphytic species with pendulous, terete, fractiflex, branching canes enveloped by sheaths and carrying 4 to 6, linear-lanceolate, acuminate leaves that blooms on an axillary, 2.8" [7cm] long, zigzag, racemose inflorescence arising from the leafless nodes at the apex of an older leafless canes occuring in the spring through fall with 2 to 5, long-lasting, fragrant flowers. This species is best mounted to accomodate the growth and flowering habit and need ample huimidity and water with only a short 3 to 4 week rest from water and fertilizer in the winter.

Synonyms Callista adunca (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Dendrobium aduncum var. faulhaberianum (Schltr.) Tang & F.T.Wang 1951; Dendrobium faulhaberianum Schltr. 1911; Dendrobium oxyanthum Gagnep. 1930;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Wood & Seidenfaden 1992; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 15 No 2 2000 as D mitriferum Lindleyana Vol 15 No 3 2000; Lindleyana Vol 15 No 3 2000 as D faulhaberianum; Lindleyana Vol 15 No 3 2000 as D mitriferum; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo ok; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; The Atlas of Wild Orchids in Hainan Island, China Shenyan and Junmei 2010 photo fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide; The Wild Orchids of Hong Kong Barretto, Cribb and Gale 2011 drawing/photo fide;

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