Dendrobium calicopis Ridl. 1903 SECTION Calcarifera Photo courtesy of © Lourens Grobler

Common Name or Meaning

Flower Size 1 to 1.2" [2.5 to 3 cm]

Found in Penninsular Thailand and Malaysia at elevations of 800 meters as a large sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with slender stems carrying many closely spaced, deciduous leaves and blooms in the spring, summer and fall on a 1" long inflorescence arising from leafy or leafless stem with 1 to 4 flowers.

The photo above is from a plant from Thailand, plants from Malaysia have more color on the midrib of the lip and have much more undulate margins.

Synonyms Anisopetala calicopis (Ridl.) M.A.Clem. 2003; Pedilonum calicopis (Ridl.) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Orchids Holttum 1953; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Wood & Seidenfaden 1992 drawing/photo ok; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide

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