Dendrobium fractiflexum Finet 1903 SECTION Cannaeorchis

Inflorescence Photos by © Edouard Faria

part shadeHotWarm Spring

Common Name The Fractiflex Dendrobium [refers to the inflorescence]

Flower Size 1.2 to 2" [3 to 5 cm]

Found in New Caledonia at elevations around 200 to 800 meters as a large sized, hot to warm growing terrestrial with a bamboo-like cane stem carrying many linear, acute leaves that blooms in the spring on a pendent, several flowered, racemose inflorescence

Synonyms Cannaeorchis fractiflexa (Finet) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 1997 publ. 1998; Grastidium fractiflexum (Finet) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , Native Orchids of New Caledonia Societie Neo-Caledonienne D' Orchidophile 1995 photo fide; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996;

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