Dendrobium luzonense Lindl. 1844 SECTION Grastidium
Photo by © Pieter Pelser & J F Barcelona and The Phyto Images Website
Photo courtesy of J. Cootes, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website. and Flora Malesiana Vol III
Photo by © Eric Hunt
Common Name or Meaning The Luzon Island Dendrobium - In China Lu Song Shi Hu
Flower Size .8" [2 cm]
Found in Taidong Taiwan, Sulawesi and the Philippines in forests along creeks on trees at elevations of sea level to 1300 meters as a medium to just large sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte with smooth, long, cane-like stems carrying pointed, grass-like, close set, shiny green, thin textured, distichous leaves in the upper half that blooms in the winter; spring, summer and fall on a 2 flowered inflorescence arising opposite the leaves.
Synonyms Dendrobium alagense Ames 1907; Grastidium alagense (Ames) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 1997; Grastidium luzonense (Lindl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 1997
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Monandre-Dendrobiinae Fr. Kraenzlin 1910 drawing; The Complete Writings on Philippine Orchids Vol 1 Quisumbing 1981; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchid Species Culture, Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Dendrobium and its Relatives Lavarack, Harris and Stocker 2000 as grastidium luzonense photo fide; The Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001 as Grastidium luzonense photo fide; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Orchid Digest Vol 74 #4 2010 photo fide; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide; The Wild Orchids of Taiwan An Illustrated Guide Lin & Wang 2014 photo fide; A Guide to the Dendrobium of the Philippines Cootes & Tiong 2015 photo fide
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