Dendrobium glomeratum Rolfe 1894 SECTION Calytrochilus
Plant and Inflorescence Photos courtesy of Eric Hunt
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Common Name The Ball Dendrobium
Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]
Found in the Moluccas Islands in old forests at elevations of 1200 meters and higher as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with pendant growing stems carrying many, lanceolate leaves that have dark spots on the leaf sheaths and blooms in the spring and summer on a short, 3 to 10 flowered inflorescence with flowers that sparkle in the light. Best mounted on tree fern or cork to accomodate the pendant growing canes and given high humidity.
Synonyms Coelandria glomerata (Rolfe) M.A.Clem. 2003; Chromatotriccum crepidiferum (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Chromatotriccum sulawesiense (Erfkamp & O.Gruss) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Dendrobium crepidiferum J.J. Sm.1922; Dendrobium sulawesiense J. Erfkamp & O. Gruss 2000; Pedilonum crepidiferum (J.J.Sm.) Rauschert 1983; Pedilonum glomeratum (Rolfe) Rauschert 1983
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae Vol 3 Reichenbach 1896 drawing fide; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002; Australian Orchid Review Vol 70 No 4 2005; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006
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