Dendrobium cuspidatum Lindl.1828 SECTION Stachyobium Photo by Copyright © W C Schraut and Orchids and More Website

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Part Shade Hot Summer EARLY Fall

Common Name

Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]

Found in Myanamar and Thailand at elevations around 200 meters as a miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte with short, stout pseudobulbs tapering towards the apex carrying 3 to 5 linear-oblong leaves and blooms in the summer and early fall on several, .8 to 1.2" [2 to 3 cm] long, 3 to 6 flowered inflorescence arising from the apex of the pseudobulb.

Synonyms Callista cuspidata (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Callista sarcantha (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Dendrobium sarcanthum Lindl.1859

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1995 ;