Dendrobium densiflorum Lindl. ex Wall. 1829 SECTION Densiflorum Photo by © Lourens Grobler

Inflorescence Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, plant grown by Ida Carter

FragrancePart sunColdTo WarmWinter To Fall

Common Name The Densely Flowered Dendrobium

Flower Size 2" [5 cm]

Found in the Assam, Bangladesh, Eastern Himalayas, Nepal Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Tibet, Hainan and southern China as a small to medium sized epiphyte or occasional lithophyte, on moss covered trunks or branches of trees at altitudes of 1100 to 1830 meters with erect, tufted, 7 to 12 noded, obscurely 4 angled, fusiform or clavate, 12" [30 cm] long stems with each node half covered by a white sheath and carrying 3 to 5 , towards the apex, elliptic or ovate, persistent, acute leaves where it can bloom from the winter through the fall on pendant, 8" [20 cm], cylindrical, densly flowered racemes with scented, short-lived flowers that arise from nodes at or near the apex of the pseudobulb. This species requires a distinct dry rest from water and fertilizer through the winter months and should be resumed with the onset of new growth in the spring.

Synonyms Callista clavata (Wall.) Kuntze 1891; Callista densiflora (Lindl. ex Wall.) Kuntze 1891; Callista densiflora (Wall.) Brieger 1981; Callista guibertii (Carrière) M.A.Clem. 2003; Dendrobium clavatum Wall. 1828; Dendrobium griffithianum Lindl. 1836 var. guibertii [Carriere] Veitch; Dendrobium guiberti Carr 1876; Dendrobium schroederi Dombrain 1870; Epidendrum dumunsuttu Buch.-Ham. ex Lindl. 1830

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 7 1978; AOS Bulletin Vol 48 No 3 1979 photo;Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 6 1981 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 46 No 4 1982 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 63 No 7 1994 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 66 No 5 1997 photo; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 2 1998 photo; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001; Orchid Flora of Kamrup District Assam Iswar Chandra Barua 2001; Beautiful Orchids of Nepal Rajbhandari & Bhattarai 2001; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 no 1 2008 photo

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