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]

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 700 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; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997; Orchid Flora of Kamrup District Assam Iswar Chandra Barua 2001; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 3 Tanaka 2007; Miniature Orchids Frownie 2007 as D aggregatum

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