Dendrobium microbulbon A.Rich. 1841 SECTION Stachyobium Photo by Copyright © W C Schraut and Orchids and More Website
Plant and Flower in India, Lonavla, Pune Dt., Maharashtra St. Photo by © Antoine Le Lirzin
Common Name The Reflexed Petal Dendrobium
Flower Size .2" to .6" [.5 to 1.5 cm]
Found in western India at elevations around 1220 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte with conical to ovoid, purplish brown, clustered pseudobulbs that elongate just before blooming and are enveloped basally by sheaths that deteriorate to a network of fibers in time and carrying 2 apical, thick to thin, linear, oblong to lanceolate leaves that blooms in the winter on 1 to a few, slender, erect, branching, .8 to 4" [2 to 10 cm] long, 3 to 10 flowered inflorescence arising at near the apex of an elongate leafless pseudobulb and carrying long lasting, faintly to strongly scented flowers
Synonyms Callista microbulbon (A.Rich.) Kuntze 1891; Dendrobium crispum Dalzell 1852; Dendrobium humile Wight 1851
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list IPNI ; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007
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