Dendrobium fuerstenbergianum Schltr. 1907 SECTION Formosae Photos by Roman Maruska and His Orchid Website

Common Name Fuerstenburg's Dendrobium [German Count and Orchid Enthusiast late 1800's]

Flower Size 2" [5 cm]

Found in Thailand at elevations of 1300 to 1400 meters as a miniature to small sized, warm growing epiphyte with a hairy stem carrying 4 to 7 leaves that blooms in the fall on very short, single flowered inflorescence arising on both leafless and leaf-bearing stems and carrying a very large flower for the size of the plant.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Holttum 1953; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001

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