Dendrobium macrophyllum A. Richard 1834 not Lindley or Ames SECTION Latouria
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Common Name The Large-Leafed Dendrobium
Flower Size to 2" [to 5 cm]
A widespread, medium to large sized, hot growing species from Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, the Philippines, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Santa Cruz, Vanuatu and the Caroline Islands that is usually epiphytic in hot coastal primary forest jungles on tree trunks halfway up the bole from sea-level to 1700 meters in elevation. This species has ribbed, slightly flattened, slender basally and thicker in the upper 60% stems carrying 2 to 4, large, persistent leaves that are near the apex. They bloom from spring until late summer on an erect, to 6 to 16" [15 to 40 cm] long, usually many [15 to 25] flowered raceme with heavy textured, color variable flowers and require even water and fertilizer year round. They have an axillary, apical, erect or curved inflorescence that arises from the leaf axils at the apex of the leafed canes with flowers that have a delicate fragrance and are long-lasting. Very similar to or synomonous with Den macrophyllum, but at this time I have left them separate, please go to D macrophyllum as well to get a complete picture of this species..
Synonyms Callista gordonii (S. Moore) Kuntze 1891; Callista macrophylla (A. Rich.) Kuntze 1891; Callista veitchiana (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Dendrobium brachythecum F Mueller & Krzl. 1894; Dendrobium ferox Hassk. 1835; Dendrobium gordoni S. Moore Ex Baker 1883; Dendrobium lucae F. Mueller 1910; Dendrobium musciferum Schlechter 1912; Dendrobium palawense Schlechter 1914; Dendrobium psyche Krzl. 1910; Dendrobium sarcostemma Teijsm. & Binn 1866; Dendrobium sarcostemma Teijsm. & Binn. 1830; Dendrobium setigerum Ames ?; Dendrobium ternatense J.J.Sm. 1909; Dendrobium tomohonense Krzl. 1910; Dendrobium veitchianum Lindley 1847; Latourea macrophylla ( A.Rich. ) F.G.Brieger 1981; Latourea muscifera ( Schltr. ) F.G.Brieger 1981; Latourorchis macrophylla [A.Rich.] Breiger 1981; Latourorchis muscifera ( Schltr. ) F.G.Brieger 1981; Sayeria macrophylla (A. Rich.) Rauschert 1983; Sayeria muscifera (Schltr.) Rauschert 1983; Sayeria palawensis (Schltr.) Rauschert 1983; Sayeria psyche (Kraenzl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae Vol 3 Reichenbach 1896 as D bachythecum drawing fide; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905; The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1914/1985 as Dendrobium musciferum Schlechter 1912; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchids of Vanuatu Lewis & Cribb 1989; Orchids of java Comber 1990; AOS Bulletin Vol 61 No 11 1992 photo; Native Orchids of New Caledonia Societe' Neo-Caledonienne D' Orchidophile 1995; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; The Orchids of Samoa Cribb & Whistler 1996; The Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002; AOS Bulletin Vol 71 No 9 2002 photo; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol II Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 3 2004 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 6 2005 photo; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006
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Dendrobium macrophyllum A. Richard 1834 var gordoni
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