Dendrobium primulinum Lindley 1858 SECTION Dendrobium
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Common Name The Primrose Yellow Dendrobium
Flower Size to 2 1/2" [to 6.25 cm]
Found in Assam, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, western Himalayas, Andaman Islands, Myanamar, Thailand, Laos, Yunnan China and Vietnam as a large sized, warm to cool growing, pendant epiphyte found on deciduous trees at elevations of 500 to 1000 meters where they need direct sunlight for at least 3 hours a day. This plant has clustered, ascending, prostrate or pendulous, terete, sulcate stems covered in white sheaths and blooms in the winter through summer on a short inflorescence with minute bracts and 1 to 2, fragrant flowers that arise from nodes along the leafless cane and needs lots of water and fertilizer after the new growth begins lasting through late September when it is time to stop until the new growths begin again. It is definitely a cool to warm growing species requiring cool nights year round.
Synonyms Callista primulina (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Dendrobium nobile var pallidiflorum Hooker 1856
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 3 Tanaka 2007;
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Dendrobium primulinum Lindley 1858 var alba
