Dendrobium arcuatum J.J. Sm. 1905 SECTION Calcarifera J.J.Sm.

Photo by Lourens Grobler ©

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Common Name The Plow Shaped Dendrobium

Flower Size 2" [5 cm]

Found on Java in eastern mixed hill forests on south facing hills near the coast at elevations up to 800 meters as a large sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with horizontal stems with numerous leafy internodes carrying many, ovate-lanceolate leaves that twist to all face one direction that blooms on an axillary, 1.2 to 1.6" [3 to 4 cm] long, few to several [3 to 6] flowered inflorescence arising from older leafless and leafy stems occuring in the winter and summer.

This species requires a drier winter rest from fertilizer and a lessening in water until the new growths appear in the spring. Mounting is required for this species to accomodate the horizontal growth habit as well as constant high humidity year round.

Synonyms Eurycaulis arcuatus (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem., Telopea 10: 285 (2003

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905; Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Smith 1908 drawing fide; Orchidaceae Monandre-Dendrobiinae Fr. Kraenzlin 1910; Orchid Digest Vol 47 No 5 1983 drawing/photo fide; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 photo ok; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006 photo fide; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 6 2010 photo fide; Dendrobium and their Relatives Lavarack, Harris and Stocker 2000 photo fide; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006 photo fide; Le Petit Larousse des Orchidees Lecoufle, Barthelemy & Schmidt 2013;

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