Dendrobium lindleyi Steud. 1840 - See also Dendrobium jenkinsii Wallich ex Lindley 1839 SECTION Densiflora? Photos by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website

Flower Closeup Photo by © Pieter C. Brouwer and his Nature Photo Website

Plant and inflorescence Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl

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Common Name Lindley's Dendrobium {English Botanist 1800's] - In Thailand - Ueang phung - In China Ju Shi Hu

Flower Size 1 to 2" [2 to 5 cm]

Found as a miniature to small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte in Assam India, Chinese Himalayas, Myanamar, Thailand, China, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam at elevations of 650 to 1300 meters with erect, clustered, thickened upwards from a slender base, almost spindle-shaped, angled stems carrying a solitary, oblong, leathery, obtuse, leaf that blooms in the winter and spring with fragrant flowers on an axillary, 5 to 15 flowered, often penadant raceme that arise from nodes at the middle of the leafed or leafless cane. This species and the subspecies var jenkinsii need a cool dry winter rest to ensure a spring blooming.

This species differs mostly from the very similar D jenkinsii by having an inflorescence with many flowers.

Synonyms Callista aggregata (Roxb.) Kuntze 1891; Dendrobium aggregatum Rox. 1832; Dendrobium alboviride var. majus Rolfe 1932; Dendrobium lindleyi var. majus (Rolfe) S.Y.Hu 1973; Epidendrum aggregatum Roxb. ex Steud. 1840

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995 as D aggregatum; AOS Bulletin VOl 27 No 3 1958 drawing as D lindleyii; AOS Bulletin Vol 28 No 9 1959 photo; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 as D aggregatum; AOS Bulletin Vol 30 No 4 1961 photo as D aggregatum; AOS Bulletin Vol 33 No 3 1964 photo as D aggregatum; Beautiful Thai Orchid Species Kamemoto & Sagarik 1975 as D aggregatum photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 6 1981 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 55 No 4 1986 photo; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; AOS Bulletin Vol 66 No 5 1997 photo; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 69 No 5 2000 photo; Lindleyana Vol 15 No 4 2000; AOS Bulletin Vol 70 No 1 2001 photo; Orchid Flora of Kamrup District Assam Iswar Chandra Barua 2001 drawing fide; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Australian Orchid Review Vol 68 No 5 2003 photo; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 3 Tanaka 2007; Miniature Orchids Frownie 2007 as D aggregatum; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; The Atlas of Wild Orchids in Hainan Island, China Shenyan and Junmei 2010 photo ok; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos ok

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