Dendrobium elliotianum O'Byrne 2009 SECTION Stachyobium Photo by Peter O'Byrne Copyright ©,
Photo by © Pieter C. Brouwer and his Nature Photo Website
Another Flower Photo by Manorot Tangsaveepha Copyright ©, and the Butterfly and Orchids Photo Gallery
Plant and Flower Photos by © Linda & Mikael Karlbom, Sweden
Common Name Elliot's Dendrobium [OSSEA President and Orchid Enthusiast current]
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in Thailand and possibly Myanamar without habitat details with crowded, erect, to 5 internoded, strongly constricted at nodes, discoid to ovoid-conical, dark green pseudobulbs enveloped by persistent, green turning red-brown, sheaths and carrying 2 to 4 apical, spreading, green, deciduous after growing season, oblong to linear, obtuse leaves that blooms in the falland winter on 1 to several, 1st one terminal others lateral from the nodes near the apex of the pseudobulb, erect to suberect, slender, 2 to 3" [5 to 7.5 cm] long, slightly zig zag, to 8 flowered inflorescence with the lower 2/3 covered by 2 to 3, overlapping, green, cylindrical, loose, narrowly ovate, acute bracts and has a broad lanceolate floral bract and carries very long-lasting flowers
This species and D gregulus and D garretii are often mixed up. They can be easily separated by D elliotianum having a solid purple lip with a white flower, D gregulus has a light sulphur yellow flowers with a red purple veined sidelobes and D garretii has off white flowers with violet veins and a white or green lip witha central yellow patch and purple veined sidelobes.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Mal. Orc. Rev. 43: 96-105 2009
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