Dendrobium finisterrae Schltr. 1912 SECTION Latouria Photo by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website

Flowers and Plant Photos courtesy of © Mariusa Wasbauer

Another Flower Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt

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Common Name The End Of The World Dendrobium [Finisterre Mountains of New Guinea]

Flower Size to 2 1/2"

Found in Papua and New Guinea as a large sized, cool growing epiphyte found on moss covered trees in mistforest at elevations of 1300 to 2100 meters with clustered, somewhat flattened, orange yellow stems carrying 2 to 3 oblong-elliptic, suberect leaves that blooms in the winter spring and summer on an erect, to 10" [25 cm] long, laxly several [8 to 10] flowered inflorescence with faintly fragrant flowers that do not open well arising from near the apex of the canes.

Synonyms Dendrobium melanolasium Gilli 1980 publ. 1983; Sayeria finisterrae (Schltr.) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1985; AOS Bulletin Vol 56 No 8 1987 photo; Orchid Species Culture: Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol II Shuiteman and de Vogel 2002; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006

Dendrobium finisterrae var alba Photo by © Pieter C. Brouwer and his Nature Photo Website

A color variety of the previous species

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