Dendrobium hughii Rchb.f. 1882 SECTION Pedilonium Photo by Ooi Leng Sun Orchids Website

Common Name or Meaning Hugh's Dendrobium [Sir Hugh Low English Nuseryman 1800's]

Flower Size 1.4" [3.5 cm]

Found in Malaysia at elevations of 1220 to 1680 meters as a small sized, warm growing epiphyte with purplish, fractiflex apically stems carrying several, linear, closely to widely spaced, alternate leave that blooms in the spring on a 1.2" [3 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence arising on leafless stems

CAUTION I have no way of verifying this determination so use with caution.

Synonyms Anisopetala hughii (Rchb.f.) M.A.Clem. 2003; Dendrobium lepidum Ridl. 1924; Pedilonum hughii (Rchb.f.) Rauscher 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list, IPNI ; Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Holttum 1957; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing ok; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996

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