Dendrobium lawesii F. Mueller 1884 SECTION Calyptrochilus Photo by © Pieter C. Brouwer and his Nature Photo Website
Another Bicolor variety Photos by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website.
Violet color form Photo courtesy of Oak Hill Gardens
Red Color Form Photo courtesy of Dave Alford
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Common Name Lawes' Dendrobium [English Missionary and Collector 1800's - New Guinea]
Flower Size more than 1/2" [more than 1.25 cm]
A year round blooming, medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte from Papua and New Guinea and Bougainville Island mist forests low on the trees or on the underside of branches at an elevation of 800 to 2000 meters with thin, flattened stems carrying broadly ovate, acute or obtuse, bilaterally flattened, distichous, thick and fleshy leaves that oevrlap at the base. It has a very short [less than 2", or 5 cm] raceme that arises from the old and new leafless canes with from 1 to 6, pendant, showy , highly variable flowers that occur ar most any time of the year. This plant is best mounted on tree fern or grown in baskets to accomodate the pendant growth habit and a somewhat dry rest is needed in the winter so reduce slightly water and fertilizer until the onset of new growth in the spring
Synonyms Chromatotriccum delphinioides (R.S.Rogers) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Chromatotriccum lawesii (F.Muell.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Dendrobium delphinioides R.S.Rogers 1925; Dendrobium lawesii var. salmonicolor Schltr. 1912 ; Dendrobium psuedomohlianum Krzl. ?; Dendrobium warburgianum Krzl. 1891; Pedilonum lawesii (F. Muell.) Rauschert 1983
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1914/85; AOS Bulletin Vol 35 No 7 1966 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 38 No 5 1969 stamp; The Orchids of Papua New Guinea An Introduction Millar 1978 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 11 1978 photo; The Orchids of the Solomon Islands and Bougainville Lewis & Cribb 1991 drawing ok; Lowland Orchids of Papua New Guinea O'Byrne 1994; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol II Shuiteman and de Vogel 2002; Australian Orchid Review Vol 71 No 4 2006 photo; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 no 1 2008 photo
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