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Common Name Hooker's Dendrobium [English Botanist 1800's] - In China Jin Er Shi Hu

Flower Size 2 to 4" [5 to 10 cm]

Found in Bangladesh, Assam, the Eastern Himalayas and Myanamar in warm valleys at elevations of 1000 to 2000 meters as a small, medium to large sized, warm growing epiphyte or lithophyte on lava rocks with yellowish, pendulous to arching, rod-like canes with basal psueobulbous swellings that continue to elongate for many seasons and carrying several, dark green, papery, oblong-lanceolate, wavy margined leaves that blooms in the summer and fall on a slender, drooping, 6" [15 cm] long 9 to 12 flowered inflorescnece with 2 to 4 flowers in groups arising from near the apex of the previous years cane and carrying large fragrant flowers.

Synonyms Callista hookeriana (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Dendrobium chrysotis Rchb.f. 1870

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing ok; AOS Bulletin Vol 28 No 9 1959 drawing; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Orchid Species Culture, Dendrobium Baker's 1995; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Maountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2009 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing ok; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos ok

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