Dendrobium fulgidum Schlechter 1916 SECTION Pedilonum Photo courtesy of André Schuiteman, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website. and Flora Malesiana Vol III

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Common Name The Shiney Dendrobium

Flower Size to 1" [to 2.5 cm]

Found in Papua and New Guinea ontrees at the edges of forests on exposed ridges at elevations of sealevel to 1300 meters and is a medium to large sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with slender, branching stems with roots all along and carrying many, alternate, lanceolate, thin, spreading to suberect, bilobed, deciduous leaves that blooms on a 4 to 6" [10 to 15 cm] long, , densely many [25 to 35] flowered, racemose inflorescece that arises from nodes all along the leafless cane occuring in the winter and spring with longlasting flowers. Older canes can rebloom for years and the plant needs a short, slight winter rest from water and fertilizer but should never be left to dry out completely.

Synonyms Chromatotriccum fulgidum (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Chromatotriccum maritimum (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Dendrobium fulgidum subsp. maritimum (J.J.Sm.) Dauncey 2003; Dendrobium fulgidum var. angustilabre J.J.Sm. 1916; Dendrobium maritimum J.J.Sm. 1929; Dendrobium xanthellum Ridl. 1916; Pedilonum fulgidum (Schltr.) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1985; 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

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