Dendrobium falconeri Hook. f. 1856 SECTION Dendrobium Photo © by © Lourens Grobler

Plant and Flowers in situ Thailand Photo © by © David Kuehn

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Common Name Falconer's Dendrobium [English Direcor of Calcutta Botanical Gardens 1800's] - in Thailand - Sai wisut - Rot rueang saeng - Ueang mieng - In China Chuan Zhu Shi Hu

Flower Size 2 to 4" [5 to 10 cm]

Found in Assam India, Chinese Himalayas, eastern Himalayas, Bhutan, Myanamar, Thailand and Taiwan as a large sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte on lightly shaded branches or tree trunks in dense forests or on rocks along valleys at elevations of 800 to 1900 meters with pendant, branching, knotty, soft, slender stems that frequently form roots at the nodes and grow into a tangled mess. The few, linear, grass-like, quickly deciduous leaves arise on new growth at the apex and blooms on a very short, inflorescence that arises all along the old and new canes with a single, fragrant flower that lasts about 2 weeks occuring in the spring. Water should be gradually reduced through the late autumn and winter and then in January the water and fertilizer should be curtailed and the plant should be left to completely dry out with fertilizer and water being reintroduced only after the onset of new growth in the spring.

Synonyms Callista falconeri (Hook.) Kuntze 1891 ; Dendrobium erythroglossum Hayata 1914

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Otia Botanica Hamburgensia Rchb.f 1878; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Beautiful Thai Orchid Species Kamemoto & Sagarik 1975 photo fide; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 photo fide; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2001; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 1 Tanaka 2003; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Maountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2009 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide;

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