Dendrobium maierae J.J.Sm. 1920 SECTION Calcarifera TYPE Drawing by J J Smith and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name Maiera's Dendrobium

Flower Size 1 to 1.32" [2.5 to 3.3 cm]

Found in Bali within the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia without locational data as a medium sized epiphyte with green, clustered, penduloius, grooved, tapering at both ends stem carrying many, lanceolate, dark green,, prominently nerved and scarred with scale-like dots, basally twisted, recurved along the margin leaves that blooms on a short, arising on leafless canes, 2 flowered inflorescence carrying white to pale yellow to yellowish brown flowers with a greenish yellow lip.

Synonyms Eurycaulis maierae (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. 2003

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Baker 1995;

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