Dendrobium subclausum Rolfe var subclausum 1894 SECTION Pedilonum Photo courtesy of Danny Lentz, plant grown by Atlanta Botanical Garden

Another Plant Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders

Another Flower Angle Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding

to MOSTLY MID

Common Name The Almost-Closed Flower Dendrobium

Flower Size 3/4 to 1 3/4"

Found in northern Papua and New Guinea and the Molucca Islands and is a varied habitat and sized species found at many elevations but mostly above 2000 meters, both epiphyticly and lithophyticly. It can basically bloom at any time of the year but mid-winter is the most possible on a cluster that surrounds the previous years cane and is below the leaves and it needs constant cool temperatures with a lessening of water and a cessation of fertilizer in the winter months.

Synonyms Chromatotriccum angiense (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Chromatotriccum argiense (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Chromatotriccum asumburu (P.Royen) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Chromatotriccum aurantiflavum (P.Royen) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Chromatotriccum calyptratum (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Chromatotriccum chrysopterum ( Schuit. & de Vogel ) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002; Chromatotriccum dichroma (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Chromatotriccum flammula (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Chromatotriccum fruticicola (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Chromatotriccum infractum (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Chromatotriccum lane-poolei (R.S.Rogers) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Chromatotriccum mitriferum (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Chromatotriccum pandanicola (J.J.Wood) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Chromatotriccum paspalifolium (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Chromatotriccum phlox (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Chromatotriccum riparium (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Chromatotriccum speciosum (J.J.Wood) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Chromatotriccum subclausum (Rolfe) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Dendrobium alpinum J.J.Sm. ?; Dendrobium angiense J.J.Sm. ?; Dendrobium argiense J.J.Sm. 1913; Dendrobium asumburu P.Royen 1979; Dendrobium auranti-flavum P.van Royen 1979; Dendrobium calyptratum J.J.Sm. 1911; Dendrobium chrysopterum Schuit. & de Vogel 2001; Dendrobium dichroma Schlechhter 1912; Dendrobium flammula Schlecter 1912; Dendrobium fruticicola J.J.Sm. 1913; Dendrobium infractum J.J.Sm. 1913; Dendrobium lane-poolei R.S.Rogers 1925; Dendrobium mitriferum J.J.Sm. 1910; Dendrobium mitriferum J.J.Sm. f. alpinum J.J.Sm.?; Dendrobium paspalifolium J.J.Sm. 1935; Dendrobium phlox Schlechter 1912; Dendrobium riparium J.J.Sm. 1913; Dendrobium strictum Ridley 1916; Dendrobium subclausum var. pandanicola J.J.Wood 1986; Dendrobium subclausum var. phlox (Schltr.) J.J.Wood 1986; Dendrobium subclausum var. speciosum J.J.Wood 1986; Pedilonum argiense (J.J. Sm.) Rauschert 1983; Pedilonum calyptratum (J.J. Sm.) Rauschert 1983; Pedilonum dichroma (Schltr.) Rauschert 1983; Pedilonum flammula (Schltr.) Rauschert 1983; Pedilonum fruticicola (J.J. Sm.) Rauschert 1983; Pedilonum infractum (J.J. Sm.) Rauschert 1983; Pedilonum mitriferum (J.J. Sm.) Rauschert 1983; Pedilonum phlox (Schltr.) Rauschert 1983; Pedilonum riparium (J.J. Sm.) Rauschert 1983; Pedilonum strictum (Ridl.) Rauschert 1983; Pedilonum subclausum (Rolfe) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912/85 as Dendrobium phlox Schlechter 1912 Dendrobium flammula and D dichroma; The Orchids of Papua New Guinea An Introduction Millar 1978 as D phlox photo fide; The Orchids of The High Mountains of New Guinea P Van Royen 1979 as D strictum drawing ok; The Orchids of The High Mountains of New Guinea P Van Royen 1979 as D flammula drawing ok; The Orchids of The High Mountains of New Guinea P Van Royen 1979 D mitriferum drawing ok; The Orchids of The High Mountains of New Guinea P Van Royen 1979 as D phlox drawing fide; The Orchids of The High Mountains of New Guinea P Van Royen 1979 as D aurantiflavum drawing fide; The Orchids of The High Mountains of New Guinea P Van Royen 1979 as D asumburu drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 61 No 11 1992 photo; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Orchid Australia Vol 11 No 3 1999 photo as D dichroma ; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002; Australian Orchid Review Vol 67 No 5 2002 photo as D chrysopterum; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol II Shuiteman and de Vogel 2002; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Australian Orchid Review Vol 72 No 4 2007 photo; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 6 2010 photo fide; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide

Dendrobium subclausum var. pandanicola J.J.Wood 1986 Photo by © Lourens Grobler Another Yellow Flower Form Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids, Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved

An all yellow variety of the previous species.

Dendrobium subclausum var. phlox (Schltr.) J.J.Wood 1986 Photo by © Lourens Grobler

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of The High Mountains of New Guinea P Van Royen 1979 as D phlox drawing fide;

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