Dendrobium jenkinsii Wallich ex Lindley 1839 SECTION Densiflora Photo courtesy of David Morris

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Common Name Jenkins's Dendrobium [Officer of the East India Trading Co. early 1800's]

Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]

This species occuring in Hainan China, Assam, Eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Myanamar and Laos at elevations of 700 to 1500 meters is almost always tagged by growers as D. aggregatum and accepted by the Sanders hybrid list as such, has now been changed, and for 25 cents we can dial that name directly for you. This smaller sized, spring bloomer from SE Asia needs a dry winter, full sun, rest. Best mounted on tree fern plaque. It blooms in the early spring on a short to 6", pendant, 1 to 2 flowered racemes that arise from near the base of the leafed psudobulb. This species is often confused with D. lindleyii but this species has a few flowered inflorescence while the other has many flowers. It has clustered, sulcate, ovoid, flattened pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, ovate, thick, shiney, persistent leaf.

Synonyms Callista jenkinsii Kuntze 1891; Dendrobium aggregatum Roxb. var jenkinsii [Wall.]Lindley 1898; Dendrobium marseillei Gagn. 1934

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995 as D aggregatum var jenkinsii; Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 6 1981 photo; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 65 No 5 2000 photo; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001; Orchid Flora of Kamrup District Assam Iswar Chandra Barua 2001; Australian Orchid Review Vol 67 No 1 2002 photo; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 3 Tanaka 2007; Miniature Orchids Frownie 2007

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