Dendrobium kruiense J.J.Sm. 1926 SECTION Calcarifera Photo by © Peter O'Byrne and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name The Krui Dendrobium [A town in southeastern Sumatra]

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in southeastern Sumatra in montane and secondary forests as a medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with clustered, grooved, terete stems carrying narrow, purple beneath in youth, deciduous leaves that blooms in the summer on short, descending, single to 2 flowered inflorescence arising on leafless stems

Synonyms Eurycaulis kruiensis (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. 2003

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 1 O'Byrne 2001 photo fide;

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