Dendrobium capillipes Rchb. f. 1867 SECTION Holochrysa Photo by © Lourens Grobler

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Common Name The Hairy Column Foot Dendrobium in Thailand Ueang kham kiu - In China Duan Bang Shi Hu

Flower Size 1 to 1 1/2" + [2.5 to 4 cm]

This miniature, epiphytic, cool to warm growing species occurs in India, Nepal, Myanamar, Thailand, China, Laos, Vietnam, in evergreen, broadleaved montane forests with spindle-shaped, 6 noded pseudobulbs arising in a cluster and having red-edged sheaths that yellow with age and carry ligulate, or lanceolate, acuminate, rather laxly held leaves has an axillary, pendant, 3 to 6" [6 to 15 cm] long, racemose, few to several flowered inflorescence with the racemes arising from the nodes near the apex of the canes and carrying fragrant short lived flowers and appears in the later winter and spring and is widespread in S E Asia at elevations of 800 to 1500 meters in dry, deciduous forests in exposed locations.

Synonyms Callista acrobatica (Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891; Callista capillipes (Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891; Dendrobium acrobaticum Rchb.f 1871; Dendrobium braianense Gagnep. 1938

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1870 drawing; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995 as D acrobaticum; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959; Beautiful Thai Orchid Species Kamemoto & Sagarik 1975 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 53 No 3 1984 photo; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 3 Tanaka 2007; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photo ok;

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