Dendrobium halmaheirense J.J.Sm. 1914 SECTION Fugacia Photo by © Vincent Wanua and Vincent Blogspot

Part shade Hot Warm

Common Name The Halmahera Island Dendrobium [Part of the Moluccas]

Flower Size 2.4 to 3.8" [6 to 9 cm]

Found in the Moluccas at elevations of sealevel to 600 meters as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with erect, grooved, shiny, dirty olive colored, quadrangular apically stem carrying 2, spreading, lanceolate, shiny green leaves that blooms on a short, 2 to 3 flowered inflorescence arising from the nodes along the stem and carrying pendulous flowers that have no scent.

Synonyms Euphlebium halmaheirense (J.J.Sm.) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996;

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