Dendrobium papilio Loher 1897 SECTION Dolichocentrum

Another Flower Photo courtesy of Peter O'Byrne, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website. and Flora Malesiana Vol III

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Common Name The Eared Dendrobium

Flower Size 1.5 to 2.8" [4 to 7 cm]

Found as a small to medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte on mossy forest trees in the Philippines at elevations of 1400 to 2200 meters with bnranching, slender, many jointed, black spotted canes carrying a few to many, short, grass-like, 2 ranked leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on a lateral, single flowered inflorescence carrying fragrant flowers.

Synonyms Aporum papilio (Loher) Rauschert 1983; Dendrobium vanoverberghii Ames 1913 publ. 1914

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; The Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001 photo fide; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; ; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006

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