Dendrobium revolutum Lindl. 1840 SECTION Distichophyllum Photo by © Lourens Grobler
THROUGH EARLY
Common Name The Rolled Back Dendrobium
Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]
Found in Myanamar, Thailand, Malaysia and Laos at elevations of 300 to 1000 meters as a medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with canes carrying many, disitchous, linear-oblong, close set, slightly narrowed towards the base leaves that blooms in the spring through early fall on a short, 1 to rarely 2 flowered inflorescence with fragrant flowers.
Comparison photos for ID
Lips Spread See also D revolutum
Very similar or confused with D ellipsophyllum. Similar to D austrocaledonium and D uniflorum.
Synonyms Callista revoluta (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Distichorchis revoluta (Lindl.) M.A.Clem. 2003
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing; Orchid Species Culture, Dendrobiums Bakers 1996; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 drawing fide;
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