Dendrobium denudans D. Don 1825 SECTION Stachyobium Photo by © John Varigos and His Orchid webpage

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Common Name The Bare Dendrobium [refers to the deciduous habit]

Flower Size .6 to 1" [1.5 to 2.5 cm]

Found in the western Himalayas, Assam India, eastern Himalayas, Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal and Thailand as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte at the base of trees or in deforested areas as a lithophyte at elevations of 800 to 2200 meters with cylindrical, yellow stems covered by loose, funnel-shaped sheaths carrying thin-textured, lanceolate or oblong leaves that blooms on a pendant, 4 to 6" [10 to 15 cm] long, several to many [10 to 15] flowered inflorescence arising from the nodes near the apex of the cane with spidery flowers and occuring in the summer through fall. 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 denudans (D.Don) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Century of Indian Orchids Vol 5 Hooker 1895 drawing fide; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing fide; The Orchids of North-Western Himalaya Vol IX Part II Duthie 1906; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 1 1958 drawing; Orchids of Kumaun Himalayas Pangtey, Samant and Rawat 1991; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Beautiful Orchids of Nepal Rajbhandari & Bhattarai 2001; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007

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