Dendrobium carronii Lavarack & P.J. Cribb 1983 SECTION Spatulata Photo by Copyright © W C Schraut and Orchids and More Website

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Common Name Carron's Dendrobium [Australian Discover 1800's] The Pink Tea Tree Orchid

Flower Size .8" [2 cm]

Found in Australia and Papua and New Guinea on Melaleuca trees 7 to 13' above the ground in swamps and open forests and occur at elevations of sea level to 500 meters as a miniature to small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with short, swollen tapering pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 4, purplish, thick and semiterete leaves and blooms on an eight inch [20 cm] long, few to several [2 to 12] flowered inflorescence that arises from near the apex of the pseudobulb and having from 1 to 3 per growth. This orchid has fragrant, long-lasting flowers and is closely related to Dendrobium canaliculatum.

Synonyms Cepobaculum carronii (Lavarack & P.J.Cribb) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol II Shuiteman and de Vogel 2002; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Cepobaculum carronii

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