Dendrobium compactum Rolfe ex W.Hackett 1904 SECTION Stachyobium Photo by Manorot Tangsaveepha Copyright ©, and the Butterfly and Orchids Photo Gallery

Inflorescence Photo courtesy of © Peter O'Byrne

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Common Name The Compact Dendrobium - In China Cao Shi Hu

Flower Size 1/4" [.7 cm]

Found in Burma, northern Thailand and Yunnan province of southwestern China in broad leaved forests on tree trunks at elevations of 800 to 1850 meters as a miniature sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with small pseudobulbs carrying 6, deciduous, alternating leaves that blooms in the summer and fall on a1 to several, 1 to 1.6" [2.5 to 4 cm] long, densely clustered, 6 to 10 flowered inflorescence arising from opposite the leaves on a leafy cane.

Synonyms Dendrobium wilmsianum Schltr. 1906

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 as D wilmsianum drawing fide; Orchid Species Culture, Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids Of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Maountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos ok;

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