Dendrobium christyanum Rchb. f. 1882 SECTION Formosae Photo by © Pieter C. Brouwer and his Nature Photo Website
Plant and Flowers Photo courtesy of Lourens Grobler ©
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Common Name Christy's Dendrobium [English Orchid Enthusiast 1800's] - In China Mao Qiao Shi Hu
Flower Size 2" [5cm]
Found in northern Vietnam, northern Thailand, and southwestern China in highland primary cloud forests as a miniature to small sized, warm to cool growing, miniature epiphyte of cool forests at an elevation of 800 to 1600 meters with caespitose, subclavate, abbreviated pseudobulbs enveloped by 3 to 4 pellucid sheaths covered in black hairs and carries 2 towards the apex, lanceolate, obtuse, covered in black hairs below leaves with the apex obliwuely bilobed that blooms in the late spring and summer on a terminal or lateral, very short, single flowered inflorescence that arises from the apex or on the sides of old and new psuedobulbs and has fragrant flowers.
Synonyms Dendrobium margaritaceum Finet 1901
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 as D margaritaceum; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959; Beautiful Thai Orchid Species Kamemoto & Sagarik 1975 as D margaritaceum photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 53 No 9 1984 photo; Schlechteriana Vol 2 No 3 1991 photo as D margaritaceum; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 11 1998 photo; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 1 O'Byrne 2001 photo fide; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 1 Tanaka 2003; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide;
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