Dendrobium hamatum Rolfe 1894 SECTION Calcarifera Photos by © Rogier Van Vugt
Both Color Forms Photos by © J.R.Haager, director of Teplice Botanical Garden, Czech Republic
Common Name The Hook-Shaped Dendrobium [refers to the very long, hooked spur]
Flower Size
Found in north Vietnam with no collection data as a medium sized, epiphyte with erect to pendent? stems carrying oblong-lanceolate, acute leaves that blooms in the spring on a pendulous, few flowered inflorescence
CAUTION I have no way of personally verifying this determination so please use with caution!
Synonyms Eurycaulis hamatus (Rolfe) M.A.Clem. 2003
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Monandre-Dendrobiinae Fr. Kraenzlin 1910; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996;
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