Dendrobium katherinae A.D.Hawkes 1957 SECTION Grastidium [Bl] J J Sm 1905 Drawing by © Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

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Common Name Katherine's Dendrobium

Flower Size

Found in New Guinea at elevations around 400 meters as a giant sized, hot growing epiphyte with a short rhizome giving rise to simple, very long, terete, pendent stems carrying many, glabrous, elliptic-ligulate, acute leaves that blooms in the late fall and early winter on a short, 2 flowered inflorescence.

Schlechter states that the flowers are yellow with red brown spots on the inside and a column foot with an orange-red spot.

Synonyms Dendrobium pachyanthum Schltr. 1912; Grastidium katherinae (A.D.Hawkes) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912 as Dendrobium pachyanthum Drawing fide;

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