Dendrobium cochliodes Schltr. 1912 SECTION Spathualata 2002 Photo courtesy of David Jubineau and His Bulbophyllum Pages Copyright ©

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Common Name The Shell-Like Dendrobium

Flower Size 1.5 to 2" [3.75 cm to 5cm]

Found in Papua and New Guinea and Irian Jaya at elevations of 400 to 1600 meters in mist forests on high branches of solitary exposed trees near water as a large sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with erect, sturdy stems carrying 4 to 6 oblong to elliptic leaves clustered towards the apex and blooms on an axillary 8 to 14" [20 to 35 cm] long, several to many [6 to 30] flowered inflorescence arising from the nodes near the apex of the cane occuring in the spring, summer and fall.

Synonyms Dendrobium ruidilobum J.J. Sm. 1934; Durabaculum cochliodes (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Durabaculum ruidilobum (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912/85; The Orchids of Papua New Guinea An Introduction Millar 1978 photo fide; Lowland Orchids of of Papua New Guinea Peter O'Byrne 1994 drawing/photo fide; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol II Shuiteman and de Vogel 2002

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