Dendrobium dendrocolloides J.J.Smith 1913 SECTION Latourea Photo courtesy ofGreg and Kerri Steenbeeke and their Orkology Kreations Website

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Common Name The Dendrocola-Like Dendrobium

Flower Size .3 to .4" [.8 to 1 cm]

This small to medium sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte is found in western New Guinea at altitudes of 1800-3100 meters in open forests on mountain ridges in heathlike areas with orange to red brown, 3 to 5 noded stems carrying 2 to 3, elliptic-lanceolate leaves and blooms in the fall on a 2 to 3" [5 to 7.5 cm] long, axillary, suberect, several [to 8] flowered inflorescence that arises from near the apex of the cane with fleshy flowers that do not open well. This species likes an even watering and fertilizing regimen year round.

Synonyms Dendrobium incurvilabium Schlechter 1919; Sayeria dendrocolloides (J.J. Sm.) Rauschert 1983; Sayeria incurvilabia (Schltr.) Rauschert 1983

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

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