Dendrobium annamense Rolfe 1906 SECTION Crumenatum

TYPE Drawing by © J J Smith rand The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name The Annam Dendrobium [Archaic Word for Vietnam]

Flower Size .92" [2.3 cm]

Found in Vietnam without locational data as a medium sized, cool growing epiphyte with penduous, flattened, basally swollen canes carrying subcoriaceous, oblong, leathery, obtuse leaves that blooms on lateral, from the nodes of leafless stems, to 3 flowered inflorescnece with submembraneous, ovate, acute floral bracts and carrying buff yellow flowers.

Synonyms Eurycaulis annamensis (Rolfe) M.A.Clem. 2003

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Monandrae-Dendrobiinae Kraenzlin 1910; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996;

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