Dendrobium candidum Wall. ex Lindl. 1838 SECTION Eudendrobium Photo by

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Common Name The White Dendrobium

Flower Size to 1.6" [to 3.5 cm]

Found in the western Himalayas, Assam, eastern Himalayas, Nepal and Myanamar at elevations of 2000 to 3000 meters as a miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with erect, very slender, straggling canes carrying several, clustered towards the apex, narrowly lanceolate, thin, deciduous leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on a very short, few flowered inflorescence with 1 to 3, nicely scented, long-lasting flowers.

See also the closely related D officinale if your flowers have color and are on leafless canes.

Synonyms Callista candida (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Callista spathacea (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Dendrobium spathaceum Lindl. 1859;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Century of Indian Orchids Vol 5 Hooker 1895 drawing fide; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing fide; The Orchids of North-Western Himalaya Vol IX Part II Duthie 1906; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 1 1958 as D spathaceum; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 10 1958 drawing; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Orchids of Kumaun Himalayas Pangtey, Samant and Rawat 1991; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 as D spathaceum; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos hmmm not white lip seems wrong

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