Dendrobium junceum Lindl. 1842 SECTION Crumenata
Plant Photos courtesy of Danny Lentz and the Atlanta Botanical Garden
InflorescencePhoto by Eric Hunt plant grown by Scott Dallas of White Oak Orchids
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Common Name The Reed-Like Leafed Dendrobium
Flower Size 1 to more than 1 1/2" [2.5 to 3.75 cm]
A large sized, cool to hot growing epiphytic species from The Philippines in lowland forests at elevations up to 600 meters with slender, swollen in the middle and tapering at both ends, greenish olive or reddish brown, ridged pseudobulbs carrying dark green, almost terete leaves tapering to a thread-like point that blooms on an axillary, short to 1.6" [to 4 cm], single to 2 flowered inflorescence with short-lived fragrant flowers that arises from the tufted bracts of the leaf axils at or near the apex of the cane either with or without the leaves occuring in the late spring and summer. Aloow this species to dry out between waterings in the winter but not for long, fertilizer should be eliminated completely until new growth is initiated in the spring.
Synonyms Aporum junceum (Lindl.) Rauschert 1983 ; Callista juncea (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Ceraia juncea (Lindl.) M.A.Clem. 2003
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; The Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001 photo fide; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide
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