Dendrobium nobile Lindley 1830 SECTION Dendrobium Photo by Jay Pfahl

Another Clone Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders

FragrancePart sunColdTo Warm MOSTLYWinterSpring

Common Name The Noble Dendrobium

Flower Size to 3" [to 7.5 cm]

This is a medium sized, cold to warm growing terrestrial or lithophytic species from the Chinese Himalayas, Assam, eastern Himalayas, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanamar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam that is found in broadleaf, evergreen, lowland forests and primary montane forests as well as on mossy limestone rocks at elevations of 200 to 2000 meters with erect, clustered, compressed, grooved with age, yellowish stems carrying distichous, coriaceopus, strap shaped, or oblong, persistent leaves that blooms mostly in the winter and spring but is possible throughout the year on short, 2 to 4 flowered racemes with fragrant, waxy, heavy-textured,long-lived, highly variable [mostly color] flowers that arise at the upper nodes of leafed and leafless canes. They need a decided winter rest from fertilizer and water to ensure a good bloom season and the yellowing of the leaves in the fall is the sign to begin.

Synonyms Callista nobilis (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Dendrobium coerulescens Wallich 1838; Dendrobium formosanum [Rchb.f]Masamune 1933; Dendrobium lindleyanum Griffith 1851; Dendrobium nobile f. nobilius (Rchb.f.) M.Hiroe 1971; Dendrobium nobile var. alboluteum Huyen & Aver. 1989; Dendrobium nobile var. formosanum Rchb.f. 1883; Dendrobium nobile var. nobilius Rchb.f. 1833

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; Beautiful Orchids of Nepal Rajbhandari & Bhattarai 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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Dendrobium nobile Lindley 1830 var alba Photo by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website

A white version of the previous species.

Dendrobium nobile Lindley 1830 var virginalis "Lenore" CCM/AOS

A white version of the previous species.