Dendrobium cucullatum R. Brown 1822 SECTION Dendrobium

Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl

Inflorescence Photo cortesy of Joseph Dougherty

Flower and plant in situ in Thailand Photo cortesy of David Kuehn

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Please notice here that this is the commercially and commonly called D pieardii or D aphyllum!

Common Name The Hooded Dendrobium [refers tothe cone-shaped lip

Flower Size 1 to 2" [2.5 to 5 cm]

Found in Hainan China, Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, India, Maldive Islands, Nepal, Sri Lanka, western Himalayas, Andaman Islands, Myanamar, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi and Queensland Australia as a large sized, hot to warm growing, epiphytic and occasional lithophytic species often refered to As D pierardii or D aphyllum [and is a pink flower] that occurs at altitudes of 150 to 1800 meters in evergreen lowland forests and primary montane forests with slender, pendulous, leafy stems carrying linear-lanceolate or narrowly ovate, acuminate, deciduous leaves that blooms almost at any time of the year but the most common is in the winter and spring with a short inflorescence that arises from the nodes of older leafless canes having 1 to 3, fragrant, shortlived, fragile flowers, clustered close to the cane that are strongly scented of violets. Mounting is a nessesity to accomodate the pendant canes and a drier winterr rest with no fertilizer is essential to ensure early spring blooming. Start watering and fertilizing with the onset of new growth.

Synonyms Dendrobium aphyllum var cucullatum [R. Br.] Sarkar 1984; Dendrobium pierardii Roxb. 1822; Dendrobium pierardii var cucullatum [R. Br.] J.D. Hook 1890; Pierardia bicolor (Roxb. ex Hook.) Raf. 1836

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995 as D pierardii; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Beautiful Orchids of Nepal Rajbhandari & Bhattarai 2001; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997 as D aphyllum; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 1 Tanaka 2003 as D aphyllum; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 3 Tanaka 2007 as D pierardii;

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