Dendrobium chalmersii F.Muell. 1882 SECTION Brevisaccata

Plant and Flower Photos by Takato NATSU from Japan and his Japan Orchids Page

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Common Name Chalmer's Dendrobium

Flower Size 1.2" to 1.6" [3 to 4 cm]

Found in NE New Guinea at elevations around 1000 meters as a medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphtye with yellow, slender, basally swollen, light brown to yellow leafy stems carrying many lanceolate, acute, olive green and very thin leaves that blooms on a 6" [15 cm] long, 8 to 21 flowered inflorescence arising from the nodes along leafy stems and carry long-lasting, faintly fragrant flowers

Synonyms Dendrobium cincinnatum F.Muell. 1884; Dendrobium vandiflorum Rchb.f. 1882; Trachyrhizum chalmersii (F.Muell.) Brieger 1981

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Papua New Guinea An Introduction Millar 1978 as D cincinnatum photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 51 No 4 1982 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 51 No 4 1982 as D cincinnatum; AOS Bulletin Vol 51 No 4 1982 as D vandiflorum; Orchids Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996 as Dendrobium cincinnatum; Australian Orchid Review Vol 65 No 6 2000 photo; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 6 2010 photo fide;

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