Dendrobium chrysocrepis C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f. ex Hook.f. 1872 SECTION Holochrysa Photo by Copyright © W C Schraut and Orchids and More Website

another flower Photo by Linda & Mikael Karlbom

Common Name or Meaning The Golden Slipper Dendrobium [refers to the golden lip] - In China Meng La Shi Hu

Flower Size 1 to 1.5" [2.5 to 3.8 cm]

Found in Yunnan province of China, Myanamar and Thailand on limestone at elevations around 1370 meters as a small sized, warm to cool growing lithophyte or rarely epiphyte with basally swollen pseudobulbs carrying 3 +, elliptic-lanceolate, acute leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on a slender, short, single floweed inflorescnece carrying short lived flowers

Synonyms Callista chrysocrepis (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f. ex Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891; Dendrobium menglaense X.H.Jin & H.Li 2006

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list, IPNI ; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 1 Tanaka 2003; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009 as D menglaense; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide;

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