Dendrobium cyanopterum Kraenzl. 1910 SECTION Grastidium

Inflorescence Photo courtesy of Peter O'Byrne, André Schuiteman, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website

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Common Name or Meaning The Blue Winged Dendrobium

Flower Size 3/4" [2 cm]

Found in Papua New Guinea in lowland forests ? as a small sized, hot? growing epiphyte with slender , sharply laterally flattened stems carrying linear, acuminate, papyraceous leaves and blooms on very short, 2 flowered inflorescence that arises through a shell-shaped, shiney spathe.

Synonyms Grastidium cyanopterum (Kraenzl.) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol II Shuiteman and de Vogel 2002