Dendrobium luzonense Lindl. 1844 SECTION Grastidium Photo by © Eric Hunt and his Orchid Species Photo Website

Another Color Form Photo courtesy of J. Cootes, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website. and Flora Malesiana Vol III

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 large sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with smooth, long, cane-like stems carrying pointed, grass-like, close set, distichous leaves in the upper half that blooms in the spring 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 ; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchid Species Culture, Dendrobium Bakers 1996; 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; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide

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