Dendrobium formosum Roxb. var gigantea Roxburg ex Lindley 1832 SECTION Formosae Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl

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Common Name The Beautiful Giant-Flowered Dendrobium

Flower Size 5" or less [12.5 cm less]

This is a small to medium sized, fall to winter bloomer on a short, axillary or terminal raceme with 1 to 4 fragrant flowers that arise from the nodes near the apex of the leafed mature cane and can be found in the Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, India, Nepal, Sikkim, Andaman Islands, Myanamar, Thailand and Vietnam at elevations of 900 to 2300 meters with medium sized, terete, erect stems that are leafy in the upper 2 thirds and carries spreading, coriaceous, oblong-elliptic, obtuse leaves that are articulated to the hirsute, tubular leaf-sheaths below and does well in wood slat baskets and likes cool to hot conditions. Callista formosa (Roxb.) Kuntze 1891; Dendrobium infundibulum Rchb.f not Lindley ?

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; The Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001; Orchid Flora of Kamrup District Assam Iswar Chandra Barua 2001; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 3 Tanaka 2007;

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