Dendrobium laevifolium Stapf 1924 SECTION Oxyglossum

Awarded clone - 'Aussie Pink' HCC/AOS Photos by © Eric Hunt and his Orchid Photo Site

Flowers and plant Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders

Another Clone, Plant and Flower Photo courtesy of Weyman Bussey

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Common Name The Shiney Leafed Dendrobium

Flower Size less than 1" to almost 2" [less than 2.5 to almost 5 cm]

Found as a mini-miniature, warm to hot growing epiphyte that occurs on moss covered trees in the South West Pacific at elevations of 650 to 2400 meters with club-shaped stems or tapering at both ends carrying 2, deciduous, linear leaves that blooms on a very short, axillary, 1 to few flowered inflorescence that arise from the nodes at the apex of the leafless stems and occuring in the summer. Slightly reduce water and withhold fertilizer until new growth is initiated in the spring.

Synonyms Dendrobium occulatum Ames 1933; Maccraithea laevifolia (Stapf) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Pedilonum occultum (Ames) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Vanuatu Lewis & Cribb 1989; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol II Shuiteman and de Vogel 2002; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Miniature Orchids Frownie 2007