Dendrobium crassicaule Schltr. 1906 SECTION Kinetochilus Photo by © Jean Jacques Villegente and The Endemia New Caledonia Website
Another Angle Photo by © Pierre Bivoit and his Picasa Orchid Photo Website
Plant and Flowers in situ New Caledonia Photo by © Bernard Suprin and The Endemia New Caledonia Website
Common Name The Thick Stemmed Dendrobium
Flower Size .75" [ 1.8 cm]
Found in southeastern New Caledonia on small mossy trees at elevations of 700 to 1500 meters as a medium to large sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte or lithophyte with a greenish-yellow, quadrangular stem carrying 9 to 11, in the upper half, short, leathery, linear, deeply and unequally bilobed leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on an erect, 4" [10 cm] long, 3 to 9 flowered inflorescence
A Slab mount, bright light and excellent air circulation as well as even watering conditions year round which allow a drying between waterings will ensure a happy orchid.
Synonyms Kinetochilus crassicaule (Schltr.) Brieger 1981
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Contributions to the Flora of New Caledonia Schlechter 1906; Orchidaceae Monandre-Dendrobiinae Fr. Kraenzlin 1910; Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependences Vol 8 Orchidaceae Halle 1977 drawing fide; Die Orchideen lieferung 11/12 Schlechter/Brieger 1981 as Kinetochilus crassicaule; Native Orchids of New Caledonia SNCO 1995 photo good; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Dendrobium and their Relatives Lavarack, Harris and Stocker 2000 photo fide; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006 photo ok;
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