Dendrobium fleckeri Rupp & C.T. White 1937 SECTION Dendrocoryne
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Common Name Flecker's Dendrobium - Apricot Cane Orchid
Flower Size 3" [7.5 cm]
Found in Queensland Australia in rainforests near mountain tops at elevations of 800 to 1500 meters in patchy forests with mist, dew, fogs and low clouds are common as a small sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte or at higer elevations a miniature sized lithophyte with erect to nearly pendulous rugose with age, apically leafy canes with thin ovate leaves and blooms in the late winter through early summer on a .4 to .8" [1 to 2 cm] long, 1 to 3 flowered inflorescence which emerge from the apical nodes of the stem and carries a few [to 3], spicely fragrant flowers. The smaller [4" or less] spindlier type is found growing lithophytically on exposed rock while the larger [to 12"] more robust type is found in deep shade in forests. A cooler drier winter is beneficial for proper growth and flowering which occurs in the spring and early summer. .
Synonyms Thelychiton fleckeri (Rupp & C.T.White) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Tropilis fleckeri (Rupp & C.T.White) Butzin 1982
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 35 No 4 1966; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Thelychiton fleckeri
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