Dendrobium lichenastrum [F. Mueller] Kraenzlin 1870 SECTION Rhizobium Photo courtesy of © Allen Black

Plant and Flower Photo courtesy of David Morris

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Common Name The Star Lichen-Like Dendrobium - The Common Button Orchid

Flower Size 1/6" to 3/4" [.3 to .8 cm]

A hot to cool growing, miniature epiphytic species from Queensland Australian in open forests and dense rainforests at elevations of 0 to 1950 meters with branching rhizomes covered in sheathing bracts carrying alternate, prostrate, thick, fleshy, ovate-oblong, obovate or circular leaves. The main bloom season is in the fall but it can flower at any time of the year on a very short to 3/4" [1.5 cm], raceme beneath a leaf with a single musky scented flower and a brighter winter rest is required with some water but no fertilizer. This species is similar to or conspecific with D prenticei, see that specesi for maore informatiion and synonyms.

Synonyms *Bulbophyllum lichenastrum F. Mueller 1869; Davejonesia lichenastrum ( F.Muell. ) M.A.Clem.2002; Dockrillia lichenastrum (F. Muell.) Brieger 1981; Phyllorchis lichenastrum (F. Muell.) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; ASO Bulletin Vol 35 No 4 1966; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Davejonesia lichenastrum; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 11 2008

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