Dendrobium blumei Lindl. 1830

SECTION Rhopalanthe Photo by © Lourens Grobler.

LATE and EARLY

Common Name Blume's Dendrobium [German-Dutch Botanist in Indonesia 1800's]

Flower Size .4 to .6" [1 to 1.5 cm]

Found in Thailand, Borneo, Malaysia and Java in shady locales at elevations around 500 to 600 meters as a miniature to medium sized, hot growing epiphyte with yellowish, slender at the base, several thickened angular nodes and spindle shaped, slightly compressed upper noded stem carrying 5 to 9, thick, lanceolate, alternate along the stem leaves that blooms late winter and early spring on short inflorescence that carry a single short lived, lemon scented flower.

Synonyms Aporum blumei (Lindl.) Rauschert 1983; Callista boothii (Teijsm. & Binn.) Kuntze 1891; Callista tuberifera (Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891; Ceraia fimbriata (Blume) M.A.Clem. 2003; Ceraia boothii (Teijsm. & Binn.) M.A.Clem. 2003; Dendrobium boothii Teijsm. & Binn.1862; Dendrobium tuberiferum Hook.f. 1890; Onychium fimbriatum Blume 1825

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Planetarum Hkr. Vol 1 1892/72 as Dendrobium tuberiferum; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905; Orchids of Java Comber 1990; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996