Dendrobium cyanocentrum Schltr. 1906 SECTION Oxyglossum
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Common Name The Black-Blue Center Dendrobium
Flower Size 1/2"+ [1.5 cm]
Found in the Mountains of New Guinea as a miniature, hot to cool growing epiphyte in rainforests, forest clearings and river banks at elevations of 100 to 1300 meters with ovoid to cylindrical pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 4, apical, slender, rough, twisted leaves that are purple beneath that blooms in the late winter and spring on a short inflorescence often hidden within the leaves but arising on leafed and leaflesss canes with a single, rarely 2, star-shaped flowers. A drier winter should be given but do not let the plant dry out completely and fertilizer should be eliminated until new growth is initiated in the spring.
Synonyms Dendrobium flavispiculum J.J. Sm. 1913; Dendrobium lapeyrouseoides Schltr. 1912; Oxyglossellum cyanocentrum (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Pedilonum cyanocentrum (Schltr.) Rauschert 1983; Pedilonum flavispiculum (J.J.Sm.) Rauschert 1983; Pedilonum lapeyrouseoides (Schltr.) Rauschert 1983
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 61 No 11 1992 photo; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996; The Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 2 2006 photo; Australian Orchid Review Vol 73 No 2 2008 photo
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