Dendrobium hasseltii (Blume) Lindl. 1830 SECTION Pedilonium J.J.Sm. Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids, Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved.
Flower Closeup Photo courtesy of David Jubineau and His Bulbophyllum Pages Copyright ©
Another Color Variation Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt
Plant in Situ in Sumatra Photo by Rici Ricardo
Common Name Hasselt's Dendrobium [Dutch Botanist in Indonesia 1800's]
Flower Size to 1" [to 2.5 cm]
Found in penninsular Malaysia, Java and Sumatra at altitudes of 1500 to 3000 meters as a small to large sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte on ridges in high mountain, moss forests with slender, fractiflex, short and erect to pendant and long stems carrying many, thin, lanceolate leaves which blooms on a very short, axillary, racemose, few flowered, honey scented inflorescence, several arising from the leaf nodes at the apex of leafless parts of mature canes occuring in the late summer and fall. Plants should be allowed to somewhat dry up between waterings for 2 to 3 months in the winter.
Synonyms Callista cornuta (Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891; Callista hasseltii (Blume) Kuntze 1891; Dendrobium cornutum Hook.f. 1890; Dendrobium curtisii Rchb.f. 1881; Pedilonum cornutum (Hook.f.) Rauschert 1983 ; *Pedilonum hasseltii Blume 1825
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Bonplandia Rchb.f 1857; Xenia Orchidaceae Rchb.f 1862 drawing; Icones Plantarum Vol 21 Hooker 1890 as D cornutum drawing ok; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905; Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Smith 1908 drawing fide; Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Orchids Holttum 1957 as D cornutum; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 2 1981 photo photo fide; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 photo fide; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Wood & Seidenfaden 1992 as D cornutum drawing ok; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1995; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001 photo ok; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol II Shuiteman and de Vogel 2002; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 3 2004; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Wild Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 photo fide
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